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Harry Bain

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Harry William Bain
Born1921
DiedDecember 21, 2001 (aged 80)
Occupationpediatrician
AwardsOrder of Canada

Harry William Bain, OC (1921 – December 21, 2001 [1]) was a Canadian pediatrician.

He was raised in Cache Bay, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944. He was a paediatrician at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children from 1951 to 1985. From 1966 to 1976, he was the Paediatrician-in-Chief of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto's Department Chairman of Paediatrics.[2]

In 1969, he helped to start the University of Toronto Sioux Lookout Project, a health-care program which helped over 15,000 Cree and Ojibwa people in Northern Ontario. He was the Director for 17 years.[3]

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  1. ^ "Deaths". CMAJ. 166 (10): 1384. 14 May 2002. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  2. ^ "History of the Department of Paediatrics". University of Toronto. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  3. ^ "Dr. Harry William Bain to receive CMA's highest honour". Canadian Medical Association. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  4. ^ "Order of Canada citation". Retrieved September 2, 2010.