Vancouver hospital workers told not to wear scrubs, ID outside during COVID-19 protests

COVID-19 mandates.In a memo emailed to all Vancouver acute and medical staff, Vancouver Coastal Health said the route for Saturday’s protest was expected to take it past Mount Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital and St.

Paul’s Hospital.Staff were urged to stay indoors during the convoy, not to engage with any protesters they encounter and to “refrain from wearing scrubs and/or your ID badge outside of the hospital during the demonstration.” Victoria police deploy security cameras ahead of weekend ‘convoy’ protest “We acknowledge the right to peacefully and legally protest,” the memo states, before noting legislation passed in November making it illegal to intimidate people or impede access to a health-care facility within a 20-metre bubble zone.“In order to ensure safe access for staff, patients, clients and visitors, Integrated Protection Services (IPS) and local law enforcement will be closely monitoring the situation,” the memo adds.Staff who feel threatened are being asked to contact site security.

Workers were also directed not to speak to media.“We understand that this is beyond disheartening in the face of all that you have been through and the extraordinary work each of you have been doing over the last two years of the pandemic,” the memo goes on to say.Providence Health Care, which operates the Mount St.

Joseph and St. Paul’s hospitals reportedly sent a similar memo to its staff. GoFundMe for Canada’s trucker convoy removed for violating ‘terms of service’ A Facebook post for the “media is the virus” protest advertises it as a “family friendly event,” and reminds participants that “emergency vehicles have the right of way, so make room when required, and don’t block emergency areas, such as.