Long-term care home in Quebec, where 73 residents died during the first wave, ordered staff to remove masks
A make-shift memorial is seen at the CHSLD Yvon-Brunet, a long-term care home, in Montreal, on April 13, 2020. 73 residents at the centre died during the first wave of the pandemic in the spring of 2020.In the weeks before a deadly COVID-19 outbreak began at the Yvon-Brunet nursing home last year, employees who wore masks on their own initiative were ordered to remove them, even if it was their personal protective gear, a coroner’s inquest heard Tuesday.
Ms. Kamel is looking at the impact of the pandemic on Quebec elder-care homes during the first wave of the pandemic, when more than 4,000 seniors died. Eventually, 120 residents and 105 employees tested positive. The inquest is focusing this week on the death of one resident, 95-year-old Ephrem Grenier, who contracted COVID-19.
Her turn in the witness box ended tensely as the inquest heard of an earlier clash between her and one of Mr. Grenier’s daughters, Sonia.
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