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1B COMMUNITY | WILL MISS MY PATIENTS WHO WERE TRUSTING, LOYAL AND UNDERSTANDING DR. PEERS HANGS UP-HIS STETHOSCOPE AFTER 4h YEARS OF PRACTICE IN MILTON STEVE LEBLANC sleblanc@metroland.com Having just graduated from the University of To- ronte and eager to start his medical career, Dr: Glenn Peers had a slew of new ex- periences ahead of him. But being accused of fraud ... well, that's one he hadn't counted on. "I applied for various gas credit cards and was declined by Shell, as they did not accept that a doctor could graduate at 23," re called the recently retired family physician, who hung up his stethoscope earlier this summer after 44 years of practice in Mil- ton. Having skipped a grade in both elementary and ju- nior high school, Peers def- initely had a boyish look about him upon moving to the then tiny community of Milton (population 13,000) Service Solutions * Companionship * Personal Support Care e Medication Reminder * Transportationy and first setting up shop in 1974. And the Shell card deni- al served only to make that more evident. "My parents laughed about it, but my dad grew a moustache after that to look older and has had it since then," quipped son, + Matt. Added dad, "This has been an ongoing source of kidding on the part of my family, and to maintain the The nearby __ . constant activity and ambulances piqued my interest and desire to be a doctor. ~-- Glenn Peters, retiring doctor facade of indignation I have boycotted Shell ever since." : Peers certainly didn't have to look far for career inspiration -- growing up a stone's throw away from Toronto East General Hos- pital (now called Michael Garron Hospital). "The nearby constant activity and ambulances piqued my interest and de- sire to be a doctor," he said. "I completed +my intern- ship there and it was the source of a great hands-on experience." Since Milton's Dorset Park "subdivision had just been completed when Dr. Peers arrived on the scene, his services were definitely in demand. And with the family doctors running the hospi- _tal, serving as heads of de- partments and sitting on committees back then, the chance to make an overall impact on the town's health care was just too ap- pealing to pass up. "I saw this as a golden opportunity to put my ° skills to good usage. I have not regretted a day since," said Peers, who went on to * serve as chief of emergency services, chief of obstetrics and president of the physi- See MILTON, page 28 Stay. = ganior care - 905-749-9466 330 Bronte St. S., Suite 111 Milton, Ontario L9T 7X1 info@home2stayseniorcare.ca www.home2stayseniorcare.ca M. Jasmine Sweatman B.A, ]D, LLM, TEP, CS. EPC, CPCA Sidewalk 'Sale Selling My Home... The advantage of selling your home yourself is that you save the cost of commission. However, there are a number of drawbacks, for example less exposure Lo buyers. An agent also helps you in setting an appropriate list price, staging and decorating your home for showings and oper houses. 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