COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic to support the rollout. One borough mayor added her name to that list Tuesday morning, offering a helping hand at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Saint-Raymond Community Centre located in her own borough.“I’m a mayor and a nurse.
I’m both,” said Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Mayor Gracia Katahwa.The first-term borough mayor is no stranger to scrubs.
She previously worked as a nurse at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH).Katahwa told reporters she chose nursing because she wanted to make sure that when she woke up in the morning, she had a concrete effect on people’s lives, “and it’s the same thing for me in politics.” COVID-19 — Quebec premier drops plan to tax people who are unvaccinated The mayor left the profession to enter politics three months ago.
But she jumped at the opportunity to participate in the vaccination campaign, offering first, second and third doses.“When I was doing my training, it was really exciting to go back to the books and remember everything that you learnt and learning new things as well.