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Experimental treatment saved life of retired Hamilton firefighter with rare disease
February 19, 2020
By CBC News
Feb. 19, 2020, Hamilton, Ont. – Tom Salisbury didn’t think much of his chest cold when he got it in January 2014. He didn’t know it then, but the cold was the first symptom of a rare disease that could have killed him. The 54-year-old Hamilton man spent decades fighting fires — but he was having trouble knocking down this cold. CBC reports. | READ MORE
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