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AIDS' Doctor awaits college verdict, Dr. Staniey Bain, left, and Rochelie Pittman, right, are to hear today what penalty the College of Physicians and Surgeons will Impose on him for professional misconduct in treating Pittman's husband.
AIDS' Doctor awaits college verdict, Dr. Staniey Bain, left, and Rochelie Pittman, right, are to hear today what penalty the College of Physicians and Surgeons will Impose on him for professional misconduct in treating Pittman's husband.

AIDS' Doctor awaits college verdict, Dr. Staniey Bain, left, and Rochelie Pittman, right, are to hear today what penalty the College of Physicians and Surgeons will Impose on him for professional misconduct in treating Pittman's husband.

Date1/27/1993
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  • AIDS' Doctor awaits college verdict, Dr. Staniey Bain, left, and Rochelie Pittman, right, are to hear today what penalty the College of Physicians and Surgeons will Impose on him for professional misconduct in treating Pittman's husband.
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Health care, Dr. Stanley Bain didn't tell Rochelle Pittman's husband he had AIDS
Health care, Dr. Stanley Bain didn't tell Rochelle Pittman's husband he had AIDS
Pittman, Rochelle
1/27/1993
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.
Barkley, Harold
9/23/1970
Centre of controversy: William Morris, 64, who has been practising naturopathy - nutrition, exercise, vitamins and healthy living - for 35 years is one of 160 licensed practitioners in Ontario the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons wants to put out of business
Centre of controversy: William Morris, 64, who has been practising naturopathy - nutrition, exercise, vitamins and healthy living - for 35 years is one of 160 licensed practitioners in Ontario the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons wants to put out of business
Faught, Ken
1/31/1986
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
Loek, Dick
11/27/1991
Aids' doctor awaits college verdict
Aids' doctor awaits college verdict
Pittman, Rochelle
1/27/1993
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Cooper, David
10/8/1987
Buyer awaits: W
Buyer awaits: W
Slaughter, Mike
12/19/1983
Roy McDonald: Chief of Whitedog Ojibwa near Kenora awaits talks.
Roy McDonald: Chief of Whitedog Ojibwa near Kenora awaits talks.
Henton, Darcy
10/29/1991
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.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
10/7/1980
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
McConnell, Colin
8/25/1981
Rochelle Pittman, whose husband received the AIDS virus in a blood transfusion and passed it to her, chokes back tears today in Toronto as she begs ev(...)
Rochelle Pittman, whose husband received the AIDS virus in a blood transfusion and passed it to her, chokes back tears today in Toronto as she begs ev(...)
Pittman, Rochelle
1/30/1992
Alexandra McGary: Law clerk, 46, who lost the vision in her eye to cancer, is examined by Dr. Hugh McGowan, one of two surgeons to do the implant.
Alexandra McGary: Law clerk, 46, who lost the vision in her eye to cancer, is examined by Dr. Hugh McGowan, one of two surgeons to do the implant.
Stawicki, Andrew
6/14/1991