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Borrowed Time: A Surgeon's Struggle With Transfusion-induced AIDS

Author Orville Messenger
Publisher Mosaic Press
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PublisherMosaic Press
ISBN / ASIN0889625824
ISBN-139780889625822
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

Description

Dr. Orville Messenger is a well-regarded thoracic surgeon and former Chief Surgeon in a large Canadian hospital. At the age of 42, he was only beginning his career which he regarded as a life-long vocation.In 1985, Dr. Messengerr underwent heart surgery. He received a blood transfusion. Eight months later, he was told he had received AIDS contaminated blood. Borrowed TIme is Dr. and Mrs. Messenger's own story of trying to survive with AIDS.