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     was $375.00 but no report, not even a call since I was in his 
     
     office for about ten minutes. It came up at the staff meet- 
     
     ing and I got up and tried to explain. I was surprised that 
     
     neither the Internist nor the Doctor could put down a tube. 
     
    

    
     I was helping because he was late. Nothing was said about 
     
     the Doctor who refused to see the patient in the first hour. 
     
     Only Dr. Leon, Dr. Spears and Dr. Grant gave any ideas. 
     
     The complaint was cancelled at the end ofthe staff meet- 
     
     ing, following a meeting of the Executive. 
     
    

    
     I quit working in the Emergency Department, other 
     
     than seeing my own patients. I never forgave the treatment 
     
     I got from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. 
     
    

    
     I started assisting more often. The first year (April 
     
     to December), 1982 I assisted 729 patients - 1983 (759 
     
     patients), 1984 (883), 1985 (861), 1986 (823), 1987 (902), 
     
     1988 (1,154), 1989 (1,289), 1990 (1,219), 1991 (1,285), 
     
     1992 (1,292), 1993 (1,285), 1994 (1,189), 1995 (1,163), 
     
     1996 (965), 1997 (992), l998-January to June 30 (520) — 
     
     the last day on June 30th I assisted with six patients. Out of 
     
     4,000 days, or the 16 years, the average was four a day - a 
     
     total of 16,686 assists in 16 years, so you can see by these 
     
     figures, that I never took a vacation in that time and was on 
     
     call for 24 hours a day. In the 365 days in the year I never 
     
     refused an assist. 
     
    

    
     I was quite happy on June 8th, until the Chief of 
     
     Surgery called me up saying he could not sign for my cour— 
     
     tesy staff, so that I could not assist. He did the same to the 
     
     three senior assistants. He had no authority for such action, 
     
     as the courtesy staff was under Family Practice and would 
     
     not come under the authority until the new rules and regula- 
     
     tions might be passed. They did not apply until at least the 
     
     latter part ofAugust. The Chief of Staff could not tell me if 
     
     it was yet passed on October 22nd. 
     
    

    
     The Chief of Staff accused me ofloss of vision 
     
    
   
   
    
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