CEO Downey loves being a part of ‘welcoming hospital’
“If only I’d known all the great things East General was doing all this time, I’d been banging on their door ages ago,” Downey said.
“If only I’d known all the great things East General was doing all this time, I’d been banging on their door ages ago,” Downey said.
n 1975, when Michael Garron was 13 years old and dying of a rare form of soft tissue cancer, his final wish was that he not be forgotten.
His parents, Myron and Berna Garron, promised him that wouldn’t happen. On Dec. 2, they donated $50 million to the Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) in his memory, and made Michael’s wish come true.