Patient care decline in Ontario hospitals is continuing because nurses are underpaid, overworked and denied their basic rights, Mrs. Ruth Le Roux (abo(...)

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Patient care decline in Ontario hospitals is continuing because nurses are underpaid, overworked and denied their basic rights, Mrs. Ruth Le Roux (abo(...)

Date3/6/1964

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Philp, Barry (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Patient care decline in Ontario hospitals is continuing because nurses are underpaid, overworked and denied their basic rights, Mrs. Ruth Le Roux (above), chairman of the committee for Advancement of Professional Nurses, said last night.

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