The province launched a sweeping recruitment campaign to woo at least 10,000 Quebecers into working in the long-term care system.
Students are offered $760 per week for the duration of their training. Once they have completed their training, they will work in a nursing home at a starting annual salary of $49,000.Legault, who has pleaded for health-care professionals and volunteers to help in long-term care homes hit hard by the virus, says the campaign will help prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections. He hopes the new orderlies will replace the soldiers and volunteers who are staffing those facilities in September.
Quebec leads the country in caseload and deaths since the pandemic began. Legault has said the numbers are improving, but the situation is still difficult in long-term care homes.
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