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Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger

Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger

Date12/21/1986
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  • Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
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Family sorrow: Debbie and Steven Burrows, shown with baby Benjamin Joseph and daughter Samantha, 2 1/2, are thinking of suing Peterborough Civic Hospital to find out how their daughter became infected with salmonella meningitis, which has left her permanently incapacitated.
Family sorrow: Debbie and Steven Burrows, shown with baby Benjamin Joseph and daughter Samantha, 2 1/2, are thinking of suing Peterborough Civic Hospital to find out how their daughter became infected with salmonella meningitis, which has left her permanently incapacitated.
Kessel, John
2/6/1982
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Faught, Ken
2/7/1985
Life saver? David and Judith Stewart, Inventors of the Masor, no longer claim to treat diseases, only pain
Life saver? David and Judith Stewart, Inventors of the Masor, no longer claim to treat diseases, only pain
Eglinton, Rick
8/13/1991
Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.
Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/9/1986
Dr. Murray fisher is directing research of diseases of the liver at the University of Toronto a graduate of the U of T, he did post-graduat work and research in Britain and the U.S. before returning to his alma mater. Recently the Canadian Hepatic Foundat
Dr. Murray fisher is directing research of diseases of the liver at the University of Toronto a graduate of the U of T, he did post-graduat work and research in Britain and the U.S. before returning to his alma mater. Recently the Canadian Hepatic Foundat
Ross, Fred
6/29/1971
Last respects: Teammates from Richard Persaud's high school basketball team carry the casket bearing his ashes to a waiting hearse
Last respects: Teammates from Richard Persaud's high school basketball team carry the casket bearing his ashes to a waiting hearse
Russell, Jim
12/23/1986
Economist Robert Ruggles takes aim, and fires: Canada's economy has no aim, he said yesterday, and warned businessmen they'd better help stop drift
Economist Robert Ruggles takes aim, and fires: Canada's economy has no aim, he said yesterday, and warned businessmen they'd better help stop drift
Philp, Barry
1/5/1988
This is not an amnesty program but a process to replace full-scale prosecution, assistant crown attorney Marvin Morton warned the shoplifters
This is not an amnesty program but a process to replace full-scale prosecution, assistant crown attorney Marvin Morton warned the shoplifters
Calleja, Frank
4/30/1992
Families warned: Cyril Hewson No joking matter
Families warned: Cyril Hewson No joking matter
Beaty, Keith
1/16/1976
Life-saving machine: Patient Jack Hayward exercises at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital while wearing the Holter Monitor which warned doctors he would have a heart attack. Dr. Donald G. Peat is at left.
Life-saving machine: Patient Jack Hayward exercises at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital while wearing the Holter Monitor which warned doctors he would have a heart attack. Dr. Donald G. Peat is at left.
Stuparyk, Michael
4/15/1981
Mail fight: Walter Stewart, 82, checks the mailbox near his Tottenham-area home for news on his dispute with Canada Post over a delay in delivering documents he sent by registered mail
Mail fight: Walter Stewart, 82, checks the mailbox near his Tottenham-area home for news on his dispute with Canada Post over a delay in delivering documents he sent by registered mail
Slaughter, Mike
1/15/1987
Of the ground after a long delay is Canada's order for 18 maritime patrol aircraft
Of the ground after a long delay is Canada's order for 18 maritime patrol aircraft
Lennon, Frank
3/18/1977