Sad tale of the Toronto Academy of Medicine

The Toronto Academy of Medicine exists as a "shell" in a storage room at SUNNYBROOK Hospital in North Toronto. There is money deposited from the sale of the 288 Bloor building, the interest is used for a free yearly dinner lecture meeting at the VAUGHAN ESTATE donated to Sunnybrook Hospital. The acting President is Ophthalmologist John FOWLER MD(Tor.1958) FRCSC(1972) of 199 Golfdale road, Toronto M4N 2B7.Te:416- 483-5106.. The Academy has lost its Charitable status. There is no yearly AGM. .Recently Dr.Fowler commissioned Academy ties in Blue & Red. With support from the profession & industry, the Academy could be restored to its former important role in Toronto Medicine.

03 February, 2011

QUEBEC: CHOLERA

Quebec cholera case confirmed

 

 
 
 
The first case of cholera in Quebec has been confirmed after the outbreak in Haiti that has killed more than 4,000 people since October, but officials were quick to add there was no chance of "retransmission" of the disease.
A woman suffering from the disease was admitted in early January to Ste. Justine Hospital because of severe diarrhea, the Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal reported.
Upon hearing that the woman had recently been in Haiti, the emergency room doctor suspected cholera and had her placed in isolation, as is standard with any patient with severe diarrhea. She was given antibiotics and rehydrated, and released after a few days in hospital.
The last recorded case of cholera in Quebec came in 2007.


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