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Vancouver nurses share unbreakable friendship 65 years in the making (SPH)

St. Paul's Hospital Nurses Reunion
Every year, the nurses of St. Paul's Hospital's graduating class of 1954 meet and catch up over lunch. (Submitted by Barb Kinahan to CBC News)

For the 65th year in a row, a group of Vancouver women sat down for a reunion lunch and picked up right where they left off.

The St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH) nursing class of 1954 has an unbreakable bond.

Every year since graduation, the nurses have gotten together to catch up and reminisce. The latest reunion saw seven nurses, including Pat Battensey, meet for lunch this week at Vancouver’s iconic Sylvia Hotel in the West End.

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Listen to the story on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko.

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