Article 6ETTF How the legacy of Canada's tuberculosis sanatoriums haunts public health efforts in Pangnirtung

How the legacy of Canada's tuberculosis sanatoriums haunts public health efforts in Pangnirtung

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When Nancy Anilniliak was five, officials seized her from her home in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and shipped her off to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Hamilton, Ont. Sixty-five years later, officials battling an outbreak of the disease in Pangnirtung must contend with the trauma caused by the actions of their predecessors - while those infected face new challenges.

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