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Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays
Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays

Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays

Date3/12/1980
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Broken-hearted parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook confer outside a coroner's court
Broken-hearted parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook confer outside a coroner's court
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Fatal pin: An x-ray taken during an autopsy showed pin lodged in 8-month-old Andrew Knighton's esophagus, piercing his heart.
Fatal pin: An x-ray taken during an autopsy showed pin lodged in 8-month-old Andrew Knighton's esophagus, piercing his heart.
3/12/1980
Parting friends: A sad Annie Paikeday, 5, said goodby to Susannah Raj, 8, who flew home to India with her parents last night after learning doctors at Sick Kids hospital couldn't cure her
Parting friends: A sad Annie Paikeday, 5, said goodby to Susannah Raj, 8, who flew home to India with her parents last night after learning doctors at Sick Kids hospital couldn't cure her
2/25/1982
Search and sew: Dr. Norman Heath and Dr. Ellen Mak examine x-rays and treat a patient in emergency
Search and sew: Dr. Norman Heath and Dr. Ellen Mak examine x-rays and treat a patient in emergency
2/6/1981
A doctor reviews x-rays of the patient's brain
A doctor reviews x-rays of the patient's brain
8/18/1987
The look of asbestosis: Dr. Joseph Cowle of the Ontario Department of Health shows how tiny particles of asbestos that have lodged in human lungs cloud x-rays. At left is a normal lung. Several deaths in Metro have been attributed to asbestosis.
The look of asbestosis: Dr. Joseph Cowle of the Ontario Department of Health shows how tiny particles of asbestos that have lodged in human lungs cloud x-rays. At left is a normal lung. Several deaths in Metro have been attributed to asbestosis.
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A 1,400-Mile trip reunited 8-month-old Guida Hogan at the Hospital for Sick Children with her parents, Florence and Mike Hogan of Gander, Nfld. They h(...)
A 1,400-Mile trip reunited 8-month-old Guida Hogan at the Hospital for Sick Children with her parents, Florence and Mike Hogan of Gander, Nfld. They h(...)
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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]
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
All dressed: Sara Craig, performing Tuesday at X-Rays Ultrasound, had to scrap plans for nude video
All dressed: Sara Craig, performing Tuesday at X-Rays Ultrasound, had to scrap plans for nude video
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Happy parents, Kay and Ron Gerken stand watch over their 4-month son, Eric, at the Hospital for Sick Children, where the infant was operated on for a (...)
Happy parents, Kay and Ron Gerken stand watch over their 4-month son, Eric, at the Hospital for Sick Children, where the infant was operated on for a (...)
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Happy patient: Toronto Western Hospital radiologists Drs. Ming-Chai Chiu and Karel TerBrugge, left, examine skull x-rays of Maria Wislohusova with Dr. Pierre Lasjaunias of Paris. Lasjaunias, who specializes in a new technique called embolization, worked with his colleagues to restore Wishohusova's sight.
Happy patient: Toronto Western Hospital radiologists Drs. Ming-Chai Chiu and Karel TerBrugge, left, examine skull x-rays of Maria Wislohusova with Dr. Pierre Lasjaunias of Paris. Lasjaunias, who specializes in a new technique called embolization, worked with his colleagues to restore Wishohusova's sight.
11/29/1984
Before and after x-rays tell the story of surgery performed on Glenn McKenzie, left, by Dr. James Bateman at the Orthopedic and Arthritic Hospital on (...)
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