A hospital network in Ontario is mourning the loss of three doctors who died within days of one another last week.
mourns the loss of three of our physicians who recently passed away,” Trillium Health spokesperson Amit Shilton told CTV News Toronto in a statement on Wednesday.
Trillium Health, which operates hospitals in Toronto and Mississauga, said rumours circulating on social media that the deaths were related to the COVID-19 vaccine are false. On July 17, Dr. Lorne Segall, a 49-year-old otolaryngologist at Credit Valley Hospital, passed away after a “ridiculously unfair and hard fought year-long battle with advanced lung cancer,”He was an “adored” husband of 22 years and the “devoted” father of a 16, 14 and nine year old.
A day later on July 18, Dr. Stephen McKenzie, a neurologist who joined Trillium Health nearly 40 years ago, died. He was one of the neurology department’s founding members and took on a strong interest in medical education.According to McKenzie’s office, he had been “seriously ill” leading up to his death and his office was permanently closed. The nature of his illness was not disclosed.
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