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Quebec is using long-term care homes to house COVID-19 patients who aren't residents
Scarred by 1st wave, staff and families worried by decision to set up some 'hot zones' for non-residents
Steve Rukavina ? CBC News ? Posted: Oct 21, 2020 10:29 AM ET | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago
Regional health agencies in Quebec are asking public long-term care homes to establish "hot zones" to accommodate COVID-19 patients who don't live in those facilities.
But some staff and family members, scarred by treatment of residents during the first wave, worry the move could lead to cross-contamination and more outbreaks inside the home.
"Why would you let them in where there's so many vulnerable people?" said an employee of a long-term care home in Ch?teauguay. CBC News agreed not to publish the person's name because they fear professional repercussions.
The employee said at least four COVID-19 patients from the community were already admitted over the weekend to a hot zone established in what used to be a day centre at the Centre d'h?bergement de Ch?teauguay...
Quebec is using long-term care homes to house COVID-19 patients who aren't residents
Scarred by 1st wave, staff and families worried by decision to set up some 'hot zones' for non-residents
Steve Rukavina ? CBC News ? Posted: Oct 21, 2020 10:29 AM ET | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago
Regional health agencies in Quebec are asking public long-term care homes to establish "hot zones" to accommodate COVID-19 patients who don't live in those facilities.
But some staff and family members, scarred by treatment of residents during the first wave, worry the move could lead to cross-contamination and more outbreaks inside the home.
"Why would you let them in where there's so many vulnerable people?" said an employee of a long-term care home in Ch?teauguay. CBC News agreed not to publish the person's name because they fear professional repercussions.
The employee said at least four COVID-19 patients from the community were already admitted over the weekend to a hot zone established in what used to be a day centre at the Centre d'h?bergement de Ch?teauguay...