Patient Stories
Happy to be alive  Garth Holding
Four years ago, Garth Holding and his wife Joanne were returning from a shopping trip in Organeville when their SUV was struck by another vehicle in a head-on collision. Joanne escaped with minor cuts and bruises, but Garth sustained multiple life-threatening injuries. Read more >>
Enjoying Retirement  Leonard Thomas
Last November, Leonard Thomas woke up with a strange feeling of numbness in his right leg. The numbness quickly turned into excruciating pain leaving Leonard unable to walk. He and his wife knew this could be serious – Leonard’s family has a history of heart disease, and he had recently been discharged from Sunnybrook after having undergone cardiovascular surgery. Read more >>
Restoring Quality of Life Ralph Cohen
Ralph Cohen’s pain was nagging and constant. It felt like heartburn, and it hurt to breathe. His doctor sent him to the Emergency Department at Sunnybrook where he was admitted and in his words, “received the best care anyone could ask for.” Ralph was taken for an angiogram and within 15 minutes, they found the problem. Two of his arteries were partially blocked, and to his surprise, the doctor cleared the blockages right away. Read more >>
Honest Prognosis Gives Hope  Mrs. Uta Bangay
In the fall of 1982, Mrs. Bangay, a healthy and active mother of three boys began experiencing unexplained bouts of headaches and double vision. Visits to her family physician and several referrals to an eye specialist confirmed that she was suffering from Meningioma - a noncancerous brain tumour that originates in the cells of the outer covering of the brain, within the skull, or in the spinal canal.
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