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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bob continued to expand his pro- fessional horizons in the early 70’s, adding a new portfolio to his resume. “I was approached by a couple of local physicians in 1973 to apply to be Coroner. They were receiving a number of calls north of the Ridges, and felt the area’d be better served to have someone local.” Fifty years of family practice, anes- thesiology, and coroner’s duties have passed quickly – and enjoyably. “I’ve enjoyed my work immense- ly,” he says proudly. As you’d imagine, he’s accumu- lated a wealth of memorable experi- ences over that time. “I remember performing my first Cesarean. We were in the middle of a bad ice storm, where even the police weren’t able to move. The patient ar- rived in the back of a pickup truck – her husband drove in ditches for trac- tion in order to get through – and we came to the hospital by snowmobile! “Anothertime,thiswasin1976,and weather again was a big factor, a snow storm this time. A number of road in- juries, which normally would’ve gone to larger centres, were redirected to Port Perry. A long night, and I wound up sleeping at the hospital because it was just too miserable. My next-door neighbour brought me home the fol- lowing day…by snowmobile. “Interesting, isn’t it? It’s not tak- ing blood pressure in the office that sticks with you, it’s those kinds of circumstances where you had to step outside the ‘normal’ that you remem- ber best.” Not surprisingly, Dr Allin was dis- tressed by the August 25 fire which ravaged the Port Perry hospital. “That hospital’s served the com- munity well for almost 50 years and has been an important teaching fa- cility. But it’ll be back, to serve Port Perry again.” The process of gearing down into retirement, he says, is moving along smoothly, beginning at home. Dr. Bob Allin (continued from page 3) Dr. Allin, with his wife Lesley at his side, accepting his award for 50 years of excellence. 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