Posted AT 4:40 PM EDT on 02/06/08
Sheela Basrur loses cancer fight
Toronto — Toronto's hotels were half empty, people on the streets were wearing medical facemasks, the city's Chinatowns were ghost towns, and there was one reassuring voice pleading for calm.
Sheela Basrur was Toronto's medical officer of health when SARS arrived in her city, stealing in from Hong Kong and unleashing its deadly force on a population taken fully by surprise.
The diminutive doctor was thrust onto the national stage.
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