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02.12.2020 / 04:11

Residents of Rigaud seniors’ home being forced to relocate after owner told to cease activities

retirement home in the town of Rigaud in the Montérégie.She currently has four seniors in her care, but now they’re being forced to relocate and have until Dec. 18 to find a new home.Last month, local health authorities at the CISSS Montérégie-Centre notified Samson she had to cease activities.Samson has been running the place, mostly on her own, since she bought it in 2013.She believes it’s one of the main reasons the regional health board’s inspector wants her to close.“She says ‘no you’re not capable.

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Coronavirus: Quebec to loosen restrictions for spas and places of worship

COVID-19 restrictions for spas and places of worship across the province.Spas will be allowed to reopen in the province’s orange zones as of March 15, while those in red zones — the maximum alert level — will be allowed to resume operations on March 26.While aesthetic and personal care services such as massages and skin treatments were already permitted, access to baths and pools had been off-limits since the fall.

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Urgences-santé defends controversial directive to reduce treatment for patients who flatlined

Student’s near-death experience prompts Montreal school to implement mandatory CPR training The directive was applied only to adult patients.“Not pediatric, not pregnant women only 18 years and older,” Dupont said.Paul Brunet, a patients’ rights advocate, said this kind of directive shows how unprepared the government was to deal with the pandemic.“For the safety of ambulance drivers I understand that such was a protocol but as I understand it is totally unacceptable that such a protocol was even thought of being written,” he said.Dubé for his part said the controversial decision shows how dire the situation was at the time.“When we look at it in today’s context, it’s hard to accept,” he said.

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Plans for Montreal schools to open windows for ventilation stir concern

COVID-19 cases remains high in Quebec and schools are preoccupied with their ventilation systems in order to limit the spread of the virus. Canada’s schools need better air ventilation.

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Owners of Dorval’s Herron long-term care residence cease operations, residents to be relocated

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“The CIUSSS is already in contact with its infection prevention and control service,” a statement from the health agency reads.

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Coronavirus: Montreal’s Hôtel-Dieu hospital requisitioned to fight against second wave

coronavirus.The Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) said the hospital is welcoming patients whose period of care or active rehabilitation has ended but who cannot return or be admitted back into their living environment, be it long-term care residences or seniors’ homes.

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New building at Verdun Hospital will add 36 beds as early as next year

Set to be completed in early 2021, the $32-million project will allow the hospital to prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19.The new building will consist of two floors. The first floor will be dedicated to the hematology-oncology department, and the second floor will have 36 individual rooms, all with their own washrooms.The government says moving the department to a new building will free up beds in the hospital.

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Quebec backtracks and reinstates daily coronavirus updates

COVID-19 updates as of Monday.On Wednesday, Quebec said it would end daily updates this Friday and, starting July 2, would only release weekly numbers on coronavirus cases, tests and deaths.Arruda pointed to a stabilization of the epidemiological situation as the reason why health officials would only be providing weekly updates.

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Pierrefonds, Que., cancels summer aquatic season amid coronavirus pandemic

novel coranvirus pandemic.That means the Valleycrest municipal public pool and neighbourhood pools in the borough, including Briarwood, PPK and Thorndale, will remain closed for the summer.The borough says it was a difficult decision to make, but the right one.“I know that these decisions have a major impact on community,” said borough mayor Jim Beis. “But we also have to be mindful of the restrictions and regulations that have to be respected.

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Coronavirus: Quebec nurses, health-care workers protest working conditions, lack of vacations

Nurses and other workers demonstrated in front of health-care centres across the province Wednesday to protest their working conditions and lack of vacation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lessons Learned: West Island regional health agency preparing for second wave of coronavirus

It’s been six weeks since the CIUSSS Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal first came into the public spotlight. That’s when the regional health authority announced it was taking over management of a private long-term care facility on its territory, CHSLD Herron, after 31 seniors died there in a month.

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Coronavirus: Quebec hospital guidelines will help protect patients and staff, says ER specialist

The Quebec government announced new guidelines on Thursday to protect frontline workers in hospital emergency rooms from COVID-19.

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