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    August 25, 2019
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    #292 A Medical Horror Story and the Fight to Expose It
    A respected doctor put women’s health and lives in danger for money and the public almost didn't hear about it.
    Jesse Brown
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    Kevin Sexton
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    Jordan Cornish
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    A respected doctor put women’s health and lives in danger for money and the public almost didn’t hear about it. Michael Lista talks about his precedent-setting Toronto Life story about an OBGYN who committed dangerous procedures without consent for years and the fight to expose him. 

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