February 18 Toronto The city's […]
When
1981-02-18
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February 18 Toronto The city's medical officer of health Dr. George Moss suspended Dr. Randall Coates, a member of the Gay Health Care Workers Group, from his residency program after Coates questioned the judgement of ordering that VD tests be performed on keepers arrested in the February 5 bath raids. Coates's suspension was rescinded the next day.
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Randall CoatesGeorge MossAll Citations
" VD-test Doctor Gets His Job Back," Toronto Star, four star ed., 20 February 1981, p. A15."VD Policy Review for Bawdy Houses," Toronto Star, four star ed., 16 April 1981, p. F14"MD's Suspension Rescinded in Case of VD-test Protest," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 20 February 1981, p. 11Denys Horgan, "Health Official's Resignation Urged: Bathhouse Data Disclosed, Group Says," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 18 February 1981, p. 5Denys Horgan, "City Hall Doctor Is Suspended after Querying VD-test Order," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 19 February 1981, p. 5Gerald Hannon, Bill Loos, Elinor Mahoney, Craig Patterson, and Roger Spalding, "Who Is the Next? Me?," Body Politic, no. 72 (1981), pp. 9–11"Board Will Get Report on Orders for VD Tests," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 17 February 1981, p. 5
