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Nemours Childrens Hospital staff kneel in silence in support of White Coats 4 Black Lives movement
Read full article: Nemours Childrens Hospital staff kneel in silence in support of White Coats 4 Black Lives movementMore than 100 physicians, nurses, and staff at Nemours Childrens Hospital in Lake Nona took a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds on Friday, June 5, 2020 in honor of George Floyd. More than 100 physicians, nurses, and staff at Nemours Childrens Hospital in Lake Nona took a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds on Friday, the same amount of time George Floyd was restrained by his neck by a former Minneapolis police officer. And I recognized the exact moment that George Floyd died.Floyds death has sparked emotions across the country and around the globe. We feel a lot of sadness for hardships that people have gone through and the way theyve been treated because of how they look, Alicia Guerrero, a physician at Nemours Childrens hospital, said. Outside the hospitals common area, they kneeled in silence--some held signs that read White Coats 4 Black Lives, others bowed their heads.