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Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment
Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment

Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment

Date2/6/1981
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Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
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