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Dr. Victor Kumar-Misir: Scarborough emergency room physician says people who can't speak English suffer needlessly because they can't communicate with doctors.
Dr. Victor Kumar-Misir: Scarborough emergency room physician says people who can't speak English suffer needlessly because they can't communicate with doctors.

Dr. Victor Kumar-Misir: Scarborough emergency room physician says people who can't speak English suffer needlessly because they can't communicate with doctors.

Date6/8/1984
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Kumar-Misir, Victor
Kumar-Misir, Victor
1/23/1985
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
Anthony Paikeday received 25 needles during allergy tests in 1970, but the doctor charged for 50, says the boy's father, Thomas. The College of Physicians and Surgeons approved the doctor's bill
Anthony Paikeday received 25 needles during allergy tests in 1970, but the doctor charged for 50, says the boy's father, Thomas. The College of Physicians and Surgeons approved the doctor's bill
3/12/1974
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
9/23/1970
At Portuguese Information centre, an immigrant who can't speak English fluently is counselled
At Portuguese Information centre, an immigrant who can't speak English fluently is counselled
1/18/1973
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
2/4/1986
Eric Howes, Scarborough General Hospital's first chaplain says sick people ask ultimate questions about life, its pupose, and death: questions he can't answer, he says
Eric Howes, Scarborough General Hospital's first chaplain says sick people ask ultimate questions about life, its pupose, and death: questions he can't answer, he says
11/11/1989
Hyperbaric chamber simulates underwater air-pressure so doctors can treat divers who suffer from the bends -- too rapid decompression. Patients with o(...)
Hyperbaric chamber simulates underwater air-pressure so doctors can treat divers who suffer from the bends -- too rapid decompression. Patients with o(...)
7/11/1975
Color Barrier: Prestigious teaching hospitals are largely closed to people like himself, says obstetrician Dr. Francis Sam, right, talking with nursing attendant George Maingot at Doctors Hospital.
Color Barrier: Prestigious teaching hospitals are largely closed to people like himself, says obstetrician Dr. Francis Sam, right, talking with nursing attendant George Maingot at Doctors Hospital.
1/11/1989
Specialty product: Madonia holds litre of Lacteeze, a milk product for people who can't drink milk because they are sensitive to the sugar lactose.
Specialty product: Madonia holds litre of Lacteeze, a milk product for people who can't drink milk because they are sensitive to the sugar lactose.
3/6/1985
Relaxing in Venetian splendor of their formal living room are Victor Biasi and Richard, 10. Because Victor has lived in Venice most of his life, practically all the furniture in the room has been imported from Italy. Although the home on Glenview Ave. in North Toronto looks English on the outside, inside it is transformed into a touch of Venice transported to Toronto.
Relaxing in Venetian splendor of their formal living room are Victor Biasi and Richard, 10. Because Victor has lived in Venice most of his life, practically all the furniture in the room has been imported from Italy. Although the home on Glenview Ave. in North Toronto looks English on the outside, inside it is transformed into a touch of Venice transported to Toronto.
5/27/1971
Man and woman stand on open grassy land examining large sheet of paper held between them; man p ...
"My Heart Bleeds," says David Beatty for the people who can't afford to buy a house, but you have to take into account "the appearance of the thing."
5/31/1974