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Queen for a day, Annette Marsh, who visits Toronto Western Hospital twice a week for kidney dialysis, had a surprise waiting for her yesterday when ho(...)
Queen for a day, Annette Marsh, who visits Toronto Western Hospital twice a week for kidney dialysis, had a surprise waiting for her yesterday when ho(...)

Queen for a day, Annette Marsh, who visits Toronto Western Hospital twice a week for kidney dialysis, had a surprise waiting for her yesterday when ho(...)

Date4/16/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Queen for a day, Annette Marsh, who visits Toronto Western Hospital twice a week for kidney dialysis, had a surprise waiting for her yesterday when hospital staff wished her a happy 90th birthday and presented her with a cake. Miss Marsh is the former director of art at the University of Toronto's College of Education.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026462F
      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]
      Dunlop, Al
      11/24/1986
      Verdict was life for Gerry Campeau when he traded 5 years on hated dialysis machine for kidney transplant
      Verdict was life for Gerry Campeau when he traded 5 years on hated dialysis machine for kidney transplant
      Darrell, Dick
      1/8/1978
      They're a team: Peter Straetmans, blind for seven years has lodged a complaint against a doctor at Sunnybrook Medical Centre who won't allow his guide dog Jocko into the kidney dialysis room
      They're a team: Peter Straetmans, blind for seven years has lodged a complaint against a doctor at Sunnybrook Medical Centre who won't allow his guide dog Jocko into the kidney dialysis room
      Stuparyk, Michael
      11/9/1983
      Three days a week, Dannie LeBlanc, 27, travels to Toronto from Waterloo to receive dialysis treatment because hospitals near his home don't have the f(...)
      Three days a week, Dannie LeBlanc, 27, travels to Toronto from Waterloo to receive dialysis treatment because hospitals near his home don't have the f(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      6/18/1978
      Kicking off kidney month with a grin, Dialysis patient Linda Colpman, 13, of Toronto is delighted to receive an autograph from Ontario Lieutenant-Gove(...)
      Kicking off kidney month with a grin, Dialysis patient Linda Colpman, 13, of Toronto is delighted to receive an autograph from Ontario Lieutenant-Gove(...)
      Aird, John Black
      2/28/1985
      Reliever Bill Caudill (right) and 21 other Jays helped raise $15,000 for children on kidney dialysis
      Reliever Bill Caudill (right) and 21 other Jays helped raise $15,000 for children on kidney dialysis
      Caudill, William Holland "Bill", 1956-
      6/3/1985
      Dialysis life-line: Heather Janack, undergoing the blood-cleansing she needs three times a wek, thanks Patrick and Barbara Keenan, who donated $2 million yesterday to St
      Dialysis life-line: Heather Janack, undergoing the blood-cleansing she needs three times a wek, thanks Patrick and Barbara Keenan, who donated $2 million yesterday to St
      Spremo, Boris
      3/17/1993
      Marilyn flowers, right is the home dialysis co-ordinator at Sunnybrook Hospital
      Marilyn flowers, right is the home dialysis co-ordinator at Sunnybrook Hospital
      James, Norman
      10/12/1970
      Lives in hope: Wendy Blackburn, who plans to marry Gerald Basnicki when he recovers from injuries suffered in an automobile accident last March, visits him at Toronto Western almost every day
      Lives in hope: Wendy Blackburn, who plans to marry Gerald Basnicki when he recovers from injuries suffered in an automobile accident last March, visits him at Toronto Western almost every day
      Bassett, Carling
      9/9/1986
      The ultimate christmas present from Mrs. Myrna Fenton was her gift of a kidney to her brother, Wilfred Jones, pictured here at the Toronto Western Hos(...)
      The ultimate christmas present from Mrs. Myrna Fenton was her gift of a kidney to her brother, Wilfred Jones, pictured here at the Toronto Western Hos(...)
      Combs, Erin
      12/10/1976
      Quartet with new lease on life, Four men who have had kidney transplant operations are recuperating in Toronto Western Hospital
      Quartet with new lease on life, Four men who have had kidney transplant operations are recuperating in Toronto Western Hospital
      Geo, Mario
      11/23/1966
      Diane Glover, 13, and Rocco Ditaranto, 33, received kidneys trasplanted from a woman who had died of a stroke in operation at Toronto Western Hospital(...)
      Diane Glover, 13, and Rocco Ditaranto, 33, received kidneys trasplanted from a woman who had died of a stroke in operation at Toronto Western Hospital(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      12/7/1967