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Scalpel, please: The ribbon is cut on the new emergency unit at Scarborough Centenary by Dr. Paul Truscott, acting chief of staff (left), and Dr. Edmund Urovitz, head of the medical staff society.
Scalpel, please: The ribbon is cut on the new emergency unit at Scarborough Centenary by Dr. Paul Truscott, acting chief of staff (left), and Dr. Edmund Urovitz, head of the medical staff society.

Scalpel, please: The ribbon is cut on the new emergency unit at Scarborough Centenary by Dr. Paul Truscott, acting chief of staff (left), and Dr. Edmund Urovitz, head of the medical staff society.

Date6/25/1986
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Team Spirit: Centenary emergency staff - from left, Dr. Thomas Stavro-Sholdoss, nursing coordinator Lynne Heeney and manager Janice Pound - say the advanced triage system is a real time-saver.
Team Spirit: Centenary emergency staff - from left, Dr. Thomas Stavro-Sholdoss, nursing coordinator Lynne Heeney and manager Janice Pound - say the advanced triage system is a real time-saver.
2/1/1996
Doctor in the house: Dr. Lyn Boorman has a busy family practice and she's also president of the medical staff of Scarborough Centenary Hospital. But s(...)
Doctor in the house: Dr. Lyn Boorman has a busy family practice and she's also president of the medical staff of Scarborough Centenary Hospital. But s(...)
4/15/1981
Dr. David Montoya, of the Sunnybrook Medical Centre Trauma Unit, likes challenges of emergency diagnosis.
Dr. David Montoya, of the Sunnybrook Medical Centre Trauma Unit, likes challenges of emergency diagnosis.
8/15/1983
Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
12/14/1982
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
4/3/1989
Every corner drug store these days has books on child-rearing availabel to everybody. So how do today's parents bring up their young children - traditionally or permissively? Star staff writer Wendy Dey, left, and child development expert Michael Grapko, discuss these questions with parents who practise both methods. Dr. Grapko is head of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.
Every corner drug store these days has books on child-rearing availabel to everybody. So how do today's parents bring up their young children - traditionally or permissively? Star staff writer Wendy Dey, left, and child development expert Michael Grapko, discuss these questions with parents who practise both methods. Dr. Grapko is head of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.
3/6/1970
The leader: Gerry Caplan, head of the unit, says of his staff: 'My guys are looser. They come from a broader background. We're less naturally bureaucrats. But still he has trouble with employees. said one member: He always plays politics, even among his staff'.
The leader: Gerry Caplan, head of the unit, says of his staff: 'My guys are looser. They come from a broader background. We're less naturally bureaucrats. But still he has trouble with employees. said one member: He always plays politics, even among his staff'.
2/25/1982
New lab: Dr. John Shea, radiology director at Centenary, displays the new equipment. The lab will save Scarborough patients from travelling to hospitals in other parts of Metro.
New lab: Dr. John Shea, radiology director at Centenary, displays the new equipment. The lab will save Scarborough patients from travelling to hospitals in other parts of Metro.
10/15/1987
Treating the trauma: Dr. James Murray, head of Sunnybrook Medical Centre's hand unit straps a finger manipluator onto the palm of 23-year-old John Boothby of Orilla. Boothby's right hand was smashed in an car accident in June, 1982. There were 23 different pieces of bone. Says Murray: . . . the hand is such an important part of the body, not just physically but aesthetically.
Treating the trauma: Dr. James Murray, head of Sunnybrook Medical Centre's hand unit straps a finger manipluator onto the palm of 23-year-old John Boothby of Orilla. Boothby's right hand was smashed in an car accident in June, 1982. There were 23 different pieces of bone. Says Murray: . . . the hand is such an important part of the body, not just physically but aesthetically.
1/1/1984
Not substantiated: Dr. Glenn Bartlett, chief of staff at East General, says most of the allegations about health care at the hospital made by Dr. Morton Shulman aren't substantiated in yesterday's critical report on the hospital.
Not substantiated: Dr. Glenn Bartlett, chief of staff at East General, says most of the allegations about health care at the hospital made by Dr. Morton Shulman aren't substantiated in yesterday's critical report on the hospital.
6/15/1981
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]
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]
11/24/1986
Shall we dance?, Dr. Al Goldhar, chief of staff at doffs his hat to Tami Mann, dressed as one of the saloon girls at hospital auxiliary's Saloon Night Saturday.
Shall we dance?, Dr. Al Goldhar, chief of staff at doffs his hat to Tami Mann, dressed as one of the saloon girls at hospital auxiliary's Saloon Night Saturday.
4/26/1980