Baby Justin Appiah’s feet hang
out from under a blanket in the
neonatal intensive-care unit at
Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto,
where Globe reporter
IAN BROWN and photographer
KEVIN VAN PAASSEN spent
eight weeks, night and day,
watching birth and death, ingenuity
and exhaustion, surgery and
bureaucracy all unfold into one
remarkable tale.
A HOSPITAL IS AN ONGOING
ARGUMENT, A MIRACLE OF
SCIENCE, A TANGLE OF POLITICS
AND OUR FINAL GUARDIAN
AGAINST FATE. THERE’S NO
DRAMA LIKE IT. TODAY, A
SPECIAL SERIES BEGINS WITH
THIS QUESTION: IF IT’S YOUR
JOB TO PREPARE FOR THE
CENTURY’S FIRST FLU PANDEMIC
— WHAT DO YOU DO?
Writer IAN BROWN and photographer KEVIN VAN PAASSEN spent
eight weeks within the walls of Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, observing
all its complex workings and meeting dozens of doctors,
nurses, staff and patients to bring Globe and Mail readers a
uniquely intimate view of hospital life. Their story appeared in three
parts in Focus, on Saturday Nov. 19, 26,
and Dec. 3.
Writer IAN BROWN and photographer KEVIN VAN PAASSEN spent
