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Introduction to Dr. Norman Bethune Dr. Norman Bethune is best known as a hero in the Peoples Republic of China and for his impact on Sino-Canadian relations. But he also gained a reputation in his native Canada as a gifted surgeon, an inventor, a political activist and an early proponent of a universal health care system. Norman Bethune was born in 1890 in Gravenhurst, Ontario, north of Toronto. He was the son of a clergyman but chose to follow in his grandfathers footsteps and become a surgeon. He studied at the University of Torontos Faculty of Medicine but, in 1911, he interrupted his studi