India may not have enough icu but we will never abandon and let die our elders like this. This is montreal canada - a rich country, vocal defender of human rights and all that. They r killing of their old people through social apathy..... 1/n Excerpt from new york times today
—- The deaths of 31 people, at least five of whom had the coronavirus, in less than a month at a Canadian nursing home has emerged as the latest painful reminder that long-term care centers are among the places most vulnerable to the pandemic.
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The deaths were discovered late last week at Résidence Herron, a private home for seniors in Montreal, after local health authorities, alarmed by staff shortages and the virus’s spread within the home, took control of the residence.3/n
They found dehydrated residents lying listless in bed, unfed for days, with excrement seeping out of their diapers.
“I’d never seen anything like it in my 32-year nursing career,” said Loredana Mule, a nurse on the team. “It was horrific — 4/n
“I’d never seen anything like it in my 32-year nursing career,” said Loredana Mule, a nurse on the team. “It was horrific — 4/n
there wasn’t enough food to feed people, the stench could’ve killed a horse
After she left the home, she said, she collapsed in her car and wept.
Ms. Mule said a skeleton staff of two nurses had been left to care for a private residence, which has nearly 150 beds. 5/n
After she left the home, she said, she collapsed in her car and wept.
Ms. Mule said a skeleton staff of two nurses had been left to care for a private residence, which has nearly 150 beds. 5/n
The remaining staff had fled amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, leaving patients, some paralyzed or with other chronic illnesses,to fend for themselves. Montreal police, Quebec’s health ministry and the provincial coroner’s office have begun investigations into the home. 6/n
No other Canadian province has been hit harder by the virus than Quebec, which has 15,857 cases and 630 people dead. Health officials say retirement homes account for roughly half the province’s death toll. 7/n
In the United States, 17 bodies were recently discovered at a long-term care facility in New Jersey. Among 68 recent deaths linked to the residence, 26 of the victims had tested positive for the virus. 8/n
This been seen across Europe, as well. In Spain, soldiers sent to disinfect nursing homes found people abandoned, or even dead, in their beds.Italy, Britain and France have acknowledged that their official statistics have overlooked many virus-related deaths in long term care n/n
