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STATEMENT

For Immediate Release:
August 6, 2020

The Canadian flags at London Health Sciences Centre will be lowered to half-mast today in memory of those who lost their lives in the catastrophic explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.

Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and all those affected by this tragedy.

Dr. Paul Woods
President and CEO
London Health Sciences Centre

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