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When dentists charged $1 for pulling a tooth and $3 for a filling
In today s Neighbors column, Bob Lind hears more about the late David Fihn from a past patient of the dentist s in Minnesota. Written By: Bob Lind | ×
“Neighbors” once carried a story about
Dr. David Fihn, Detroit Lakes, Minn., who died in May 2020; he was a dentist who among other things went on Rotary Club-sponsored overseas trips to give free dental care to poor people.
The story also told of the for-fun fraternity he and his pals dreamed up when they were attending the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. They called it Alfalfa Snalfa.
To most of us, they are anonymous numbers in a grim and ongoing count.
But each one represents one of the more than 900 Manitoba lives lost over the past year to COVID-19.
Many have gone without a published obituary marking their loss. Without family and friends able to gather to grieve at a funeral and, later, celebrate their memories.
Manitoba’s first positive case was announced March 12, followed by three more the next day. The first COVID-19 hospital admission occurred March 17, and the province declared a state of emergency on March 20. We’re in this together and we’re grieving together, Mayor Brian Bowman said then. Our deepest condolences to the friends and family of the deceased.
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