\u0022It goes completely counter to what Public Health has been saying to the Quebec population for weeks.\u0022
Bringing a symptomatic, COVID-19-positive worker back on the job is “completely unacceptable” and runs counter to public health recommendations, Julie Bouchard of the Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec said.
Bouchard said she’s only heard of about 10 sick health workers affected so far, adding that the practice seems to be limited to a small number of employers. However, she said she worries more health facilities may try to do the same as the network grapples with serious staff shortages.Article content
Bouchard said the government updated its policies to allow COVID-19-positive health workers to return to work during the fifth wave, which started in December, but she said that at the time the directive only applied to asymptomatic workers.Article content “We’re against because it’s exacerbating the pandemic; it’s delaying its end because we expose vulnerable people, patients, colleagues,” said Leclerc, who is president of the FSSS-CSN. “It’s a wheel that turns.”Article content
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