Deaths
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* Patrick Sullivan

Dr. **Efstathios (Staff) Barootes**, a politically savvy Saskatchewan urologist who served as deputy president of the CMA before being appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1984, died in Regina July 30, 2000. He was 81.

There are many stories about Staff Barootes, and he told some of the best ones himself. In 1985 he told *CMAJ* about the sometimes tortuous path his postsecondary education had taken. In 1940 he was informed by the University of Saskatchewan that he could not receive his BA because he had not paid his bills. ”Then one day I got a phone call from the dean‚s office. ’Your arrears have been paid,‚ they told me. ’You can be present on graduation day.‚ ”

The mysterious Good Samaritan turned out to be the president of Canada Packers, who had heard from one of his managers that the kid who used to wait on tables in a Regina restaurant couldn‚t finish his studies because his family was broke.

”Now wouldn‚t that make you think pretty well of the entrepreneurial capitalist system?” said Dr. Barootes. That experience may also help explain his longtime connection with the Tory party in Saskatchewan.

Dr. Barootes, who received his medical degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1943, spent the last 2 years of WW II as medical officer with the Toronto Scottish Regiment. His connection with organized medicine began shortly after the war, and he became president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association in 1962, the year the province introduced medicare. He helped lead the fight against the new system, opposition that culminated in a 23-day doctors‚ strike.

His service to the CMA, which included a 6-year stint as treasurer, was highlighted in 1976 by his appointment as deputy president of the CMA; he served as deputy to Dr. Barry O‚Donnell of Ireland. Five years later he was awarded the CMA‚s Medal of Service because of contributions that ”often set the CMA on its proper course and because his interventions on behalf of doctors at all levels, both civil and political, have been of great value over many years.”

Dr. Barootes retired from active practice in 1979 and immediately devoted his attention to politics. He helped the Tories form the government in Saskatchewan in 1979, and 5 years later he was appointed to the Senate by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney; he served until 1993.

A *Regina Leader-Post* editorial remembered him this way: ”Barootes left much behind to mark his passage through life, but perhaps he should best be remembered for never giving less than his best to anything in which he was involved.”

He is survived by his wife, Betty, and children Dr. Bryan, Barbara, Barrie, Brenda and Brent. — 

**Giardine**, Joseph R., Timmins, Ont.; Queen‚s University, 1938. Died Aug. 15, 1999, aged 85.

**Heywood**, Peter M., Toronto; University of Toronto, 1948; internal medicine; FRCPC; former physician, Commerce Court Medical Centre; courtesy staff, St. Michael‚s Hospital. Died Apr. 23, 2000, aged 74; survived by his wife, Janet, and 3 children.

**James**, Frank G., East York, Ont.; University of Toronto, 1959. Died June 13, 2000, aged 72; survived by his wife, Kay, and 5 children. He was a founding member and president for 20 years of the All Saints Greek Orthodox Church.

**Kahana**, Leo M., Burlington, Ont.; University of Manitoba, 1951; respirology; FRCPC; former senior staff, St. Joseph‚s Hospital; affiliated staff, Chedoke‐McMaster, Joseph Brant Memorial and Hamilton Civic hospitals; courtesy staff, Oakville‐Trafalgar Memorial Hospital; associate clinical professor, McMaster University. Died June 13, 2000, aged 72; survived by his wife, Jackie, and 2 children.

**Kilty**, Harold C., Scarborough, Ont.; University of Toronto, 1954; former staff, Providence Centre; courtesy staff, Toronto East General Hospital and Providence Villa and Hospital. Died June 20, 2000, aged 70.

**Kravitz**, Henry, Montreal; McGill University, 1949; psychiatry; FACPN, FACP, FAPA, FRCPC; former chief, Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital; professor, McGill; director, Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis. Died Apr. 7, 2000, aged 81.

MacKay, Ross C., Toronto; University of Toronto, 1951; internal medicine; FRCPC; former staff, Toronto Western and Riverdale hospitals; senior medical vice-president, Crown Life Insurance Company; assistant professor, University of Toronto. Died June 22, 2000, aged 73; survived by 2 daughters.

**Overend**, Frederick B., Hamilton, Ont.; University of Toronto, 1938. Died June 5, 2000, aged 85; survived by his wife, Bertha, and 2 sons.

**Smith**, Marc L., Kingston, Ont.; Queen‚s University, 1994; resident, rehabilitation medicine. Died of aplastic anemia June 19, 2000, aged 31; survived by his wife, Dr. Janice Kwon. His obituary stated: ”We will always remember his warm smile and sweet disposition.”

**Thompson**, George L., Selkirk, Man.; University of Manitoba, 1952; general surgery; FRCSC; navigator, RAF, RCAF, WW II; former senior house medical officer, Deer Lodge Hospital. Died May 2, 2000, aged 79; survived by his wife, Dorothy, and children Dr. Tom, Layne, Wynne, Dan and Tracy.

**Younghusband**, Omar Z., St. Catharines, Ont.; Queen‚s University, 1943; internal medicine; FCCP, FACP, FRCPC; former chief of medicine, St. Catharines General Hospital; associate staff, Hotel Dieu and St. Catharines General hospitals; senior member, CMA. Died June 9, 2000, aged 81; survived by his wife, Christine, and 5 children.