04 May 2017
If there had been no Justice Emmett Hall, we may not have had Universal Healthcare in Canada.
The late Hall was the man who wrote the legislation around Canada’s universal healthcare system, and will be enshrined into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Thursday.
Hall is one of 6 inductees to enter the Hall of Fame. He is also the lone posthumous inductee.
Executive Director with the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Lisa Foster says Justice Hall is one of the reasons there is no mould for an inductee into the Hall of Fame because there are many people who made contributions to healthcare from other professions.
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