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Welcome Centre: Temporary Shelter

Psychological Problems Dept: The Christie Refugee Welcome Centre, a temporary shelter for new immigrants at 43 Christie St. just north of Bloor Street West, now has a small clinic to connect refugees with doctors, according to CBC. "People have often endured unimaginable trauma," Rashid said and a new health clinic specifically for refugees has opened in Toronto. Dr. Meb Rashid, one of physicians seeing new patients in the centre's examination room, said many refugees suffer from untreated diseases that aren't common in Canada like tuberculosis and malaria, Some, he said, are dealing with psychological problems at the same time. As reported in the news.
@t bloor street west, new immigrants