This is the engrossing story of a bright John Hopkins
graduate who fell in love with Newfoundland as a student
and became the medical care system in north-east
Newfoundland for 40 years. Crusty, caring and
unconventional, John Olds' surgical skill and devotion made
him a folk hero. Olds helped pioneer thoracic and
orthopedic surgery in Newfoundland. In 1970
Newfoundland declared a province wide "Dr. Olds Day;"
asked why he came to Twillingate for one year and stayed
for 40, Newfoundland's Connecticut Yankee tersely
replied: "Because I liked it." |
All Prices are in Canadian Dollars
