Normally, I’m a frickin’ ray of sunshine whose positive outlook on life borders on annoying, but doing emergency coverage at LTCs on COVID outbreak has left me crying uncontrollably every day. My brief moments of numbness are a welcome respite. 1/
The suddenness and severity of illness, the shock and grief from families and staff, and the sheer number of deaths I see has left me overwhelmed and traumatized. We are exhausted, short-staffed, and under-resourced. 2/
I am enraged that @UCPCaucus refused to help people stay safe and businesses to remain afloat, while encouraging the conditions which have allowed this disease to run rampant. @jkenney values neither lives nor the economy. fin/ #FireTheUCP#COVID19AB
@DShepYEG@JanisIrwin@RachelNotley Please help. As a front-line healthcare worker, this is not sustainable. We cannot continue like this.
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I am remembering my last shift, how my patient looked and sounded near the end of her life, unconscious, breathing laboured, the phone projecting the voices of her family as they watched her through the window. 1/
I was the solitary faceless stranger in mask, shield, gown, and gloves, who held her hand and soothed her as she lay dying. I have been working at the long-term centres hit by COVID. 2/
I do what I can to help folks make it through their illnesses, providing comfort care if they take a turn for the worse. I am on the backup list to work in the hospital when my colleagues become overwhelmed or go on mandatory isolation. 3/
#abpoli: A thread. Imagine your boss, who has been harassing and intimidating you for months, suddenly rips up your contract. 1/#abdocs4patients
He then makes huge cuts to your pay, and when he occasionally gives back a small part of what he took away, he lies and boasts about how he is giving you the most generous incentives in the country. 2/ #abdocs4patients
He frequently decides on a whim to stop paying you for some of your work, and this happens regularly. Sometimes you don’t find out until your next paycheque. 3/ #abdocs4patients