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After Open-Heart surgery that kept her in Toronto nine months, Mrs
After Open-Heart surgery that kept her in Toronto nine months, Mrs

After Open-Heart surgery that kept her in Toronto nine months, Mrs

Date10/3/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: After Open-Heart surgery that kept her in Toronto nine months, Mrs. Lam Wing-sim waves farewell yesterday as she starts her long trip home to Hong Kong.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026410F
      Blue baby' from Israel, Ophir Savir, 17 months, has a big smile for the photographer after arriving in Metro from Israel for heart surgery later this month at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
      Blue baby' from Israel, Ophir Savir, 17 months, has a big smile for the photographer after arriving in Metro from Israel for heart surgery later this month at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
      Cooper, David
      12/11/1986
      Overcoming odds: Sherry Rosen says Jackie, 21 months, has a 'very good chance' of overcoming heart surgery if she can make it to her make it to her third or fourth birthday
      Overcoming odds: Sherry Rosen says Jackie, 21 months, has a 'very good chance' of overcoming heart surgery if she can make it to her make it to her third or fourth birthday
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/26/1986
      Rachelle Romanger, 8 months, safe after major heart surgery, goes home with mom Dayl, dad Dave, brother Stephen, 6
      Rachelle Romanger, 8 months, safe after major heart surgery, goes home with mom Dayl, dad Dave, brother Stephen, 6
      Mahler, John
      4/3/1979
      Happy pair: Melanie Spragg, 20 months, and her mother, Jan, can now breathe easier knowing that a new drug has postponed the need for emergency heart surgery for the young girl
      Happy pair: Melanie Spragg, 20 months, and her mother, Jan, can now breathe easier knowing that a new drug has postponed the need for emergency heart surgery for the young girl
      McConnell, Colin
      7/4/1985
      Example 2. Mrs. And Mrs. Gerald Rogers talk with the star's Arnold Bruner. In the crib are Debbie, 3 and Doug, 2. The baby is Gerald jr., nine months
      Example 2. Mrs. And Mrs. Gerald Rogers talk with the star's Arnold Bruner. In the crib are Debbie, 3 and Doug, 2. The baby is Gerald jr., nine months
      Philp, Barry
      9/30/1965
      Tiny terror: Robert Swayze holds his 23-centimetre (nine-inch) tall West Highland terrier Birder, who has kept the mailman away from Swayze's townhouse for two months by snapping at the mail slot - and the carrier's fingers - during mail delivery
      Tiny terror: Robert Swayze holds his 23-centimetre (nine-inch) tall West Highland terrier Birder, who has kept the mailman away from Swayze's townhouse for two months by snapping at the mail slot - and the carrier's fingers - during mail delivery
      Eglinton, Rick
      1/11/1988
      Proud parents Mr. and Mrs Richard Latreille with Jean-Paul, Jean-Paul Latreille is nine months old and he weighs 13 lbs
      Proud parents Mr. and Mrs Richard Latreille with Jean-Paul, Jean-Paul Latreille is nine months old and he weighs 13 lbs
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      11/28/1962
      Mrs. Lam Wing Sim, 35, travelled more than 7,000 miles from her home in Hong Kong for heart surgery at the Toronto General Hospital. She's shown here (...)
      Mrs. Lam Wing Sim, 35, travelled more than 7,000 miles from her home in Hong Kong for heart surgery at the Toronto General Hospital. She's shown here (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      1/1/1968
      He'll be home for Christmas, After open heart surgery at Toronto General Hospital, 49-year-old Ernest Murray, a Don Mills security guard, is feeling great today and he's going home
      He'll be home for Christmas, After open heart surgery at Toronto General Hospital, 49-year-old Ernest Murray, a Don Mills security guard, is feeling great today and he's going home
      Combs, Erin
      12/15/1974
      Sandy McKinnon, the miracle mom who underwent open heart surgery while doctors delivered her child by caesarean section took her six-week-old son home(...)
      Sandy McKinnon, the miracle mom who underwent open heart surgery while doctors delivered her child by caesarean section took her six-week-old son home(...)
      Pickell, Brian
      7/11/1981
      Transplant patient: Danny MacLellan, 6, rests at his Brampton home after six months of marrow transplant surgery and treatment in a French hospital
      Transplant patient: Danny MacLellan, 6, rests at his Brampton home after six months of marrow transplant surgery and treatment in a French hospital
      Calleja, Frank
      7/11/1990
      Last week, Toronto publisher Ernst Zundel was sentenced to nine months in jail after a jury convicted him of spreading false news by publishing an art(...)
      Last week, Toronto publisher Ernst Zundel was sentenced to nine months in jail after a jury convicted him of spreading false news by publishing an art(...)
      Loek, Dick
      9/23/1985