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Successful checkup: Before his heart transplant last month, Tayeb Khan could barely walk and couldn't drive a car
Successful checkup: Before his heart transplant last month, Tayeb Khan could barely walk and couldn't drive a car

Successful checkup: Before his heart transplant last month, Tayeb Khan could barely walk and couldn't drive a car

Date4/9/1985
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Predicting he will live to be the longest-living person with a transplanted heart, 37-year-old Tayeb Khan (middle) walks out of Toronto Western Hospit(...)
Predicting he will live to be the longest-living person with a transplanted heart, 37-year-old Tayeb Khan (middle) walks out of Toronto Western Hospit(...)
4/4/1985
Heart patient does honors: Tayeb Khan cuts the cake at a party at Toronto Western Hospital celebrating his first year of life with a transplanted heart
Heart patient does honors: Tayeb Khan cuts the cake at a party at Toronto Western Hospital celebrating his first year of life with a transplanted heart
3/7/1986
Home with his new heart. Heart transplant patient Charles Johnston walks jauntily out of St. Michael's Hospital yesterday as his wife, Margaret, waves(...)
Home with his new heart. Heart transplant patient Charles Johnston walks jauntily out of St. Michael's Hospital yesterday as his wife, Margaret, waves(...)
1/3/1969
Feeling fine: Heart transplant patient Bill Hofland strolls with his wife Sherry outside Toronto Western Hospital yesterday: his first walk since his operation three weeks ago
Feeling fine: Heart transplant patient Bill Hofland strolls with his wife Sherry outside Toronto Western Hospital yesterday: his first walk since his operation three weeks ago
8/1/1985
Happy Family: John Kesimaat and Bonnie Hamilton play with 10-month-old Timothy, whose life was saved by a heart transplant last April
Happy Family: John Kesimaat and Bonnie Hamilton play with 10-month-old Timothy, whose life was saved by a heart transplant last April
12/19/1988
I've Got energy again, heart transplant recipient Rev. Edward Madigan says as he walks on the roof garden of St. Michael's Hospital with Dr. James Yao. Father Madigan expects he'll be released from hospital soon.
I've Got energy again, heart transplant recipient Rev. Edward Madigan says as he walks on the roof garden of St. Michael's Hospital with Dr. James Yao. Father Madigan expects he'll be released from hospital soon.
7/22/1970
Special toucch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
Special toucch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
11/28/1986
Special touch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
Special touch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
11/28/1986
Queen of raunch holds court. Who could mistake those legs, barely hidden by fishnet stockings? When Tina Turner comes to town everybody knows it. She (...)
Queen of raunch holds court. Who could mistake those legs, barely hidden by fishnet stockings? When Tina Turner comes to town everybody knows it. She (...)
8/29/1984
Niagara falls street sign barely sticks out of a snowdrift as snowmobiler Ralph Terrio checks his bearings last night while assisting in looking for m(...)
Niagara falls street sign barely sticks out of a snowdrift as snowmobiler Ralph Terrio checks his bearings last night while assisting in looking for m(...)
2/1/1977
First T.O. Autograph: Mike Krusheinyski was barely off the plane on arrival in Toronto Friday night when he was stopped for an autograph by 9-year-old Wade Guthriner. Krushelnyski made his first start for Leafs against the Red Wings last night.
First T.O. Autograph: Mike Krusheinyski was barely off the plane on arrival in Toronto Friday night when he was stopped for an autograph by 9-year-old Wade Guthriner. Krushelnyski made his first start for Leafs against the Red Wings last night.
11/16/1990
Couple's dilemma: Last month, 81-year-old Maitland Torrance and his wife Myrtle, 80, reluctantly left their apartment and moved to a seniors' complex because we just couldn't carry on
Couple's dilemma: Last month, 81-year-old Maitland Torrance and his wife Myrtle, 80, reluctantly left their apartment and moved to a seniors' complex because we just couldn't carry on
3/11/1985