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Racism Alleged: Nurse Valda Christian, fired recently from Northwestern General Hospital, weeps at a news conference yesterday as several nurses demand a provincial probe into racist practices
Racism Alleged: Nurse Valda Christian, fired recently from Northwestern General Hospital, weeps at a news conference yesterday as several nurses demand a provincial probe into racist practices

Racism Alleged: Nurse Valda Christian, fired recently from Northwestern General Hospital, weeps at a news conference yesterday as several nurses demand a provincial probe into racist practices

Date3/27/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Racism Alleged: Nurse Valda Christian, fired recently from Northwestern General Hospital, weeps at a news conference yesterday as several nurses demand a provincial probe into racist practices.
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