06-03-2020, 07:17 PM
(06-03-2020, 01:36 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(06-03-2020, 01:06 PM)ac3r Wrote: Revera is going to have to provide some good answers for this disaster. The Unifor union has stated that much of this could have probably been avoided if the staff were permitted to have access to PPE. For a while, they were not allowed to wear masks because they were told it would scare the residents of the home. Revera also demanded staff come to work even if they have tested positive for Covid-19, regardless of the symptoms. Residents who were positive were not put into isolation fast enough either, which lead to it spreading very fast as it's hard to social distance in such places, especially when it comes to meal times.
Ideally, the company should be charged and certain staff forced to resign.
Sounds like the managers responsible should have to answer in criminal and/or civil court. Telling their staff they can’t wear PPE? That sounds like negligence to me. Requiring employees to come in who have tested positive sounds like reckless endangerment.
Note: not a lawyer. But these aren’t just mistakes that “anybody” could make.
It's definitely endangerment. Here is a story The Star ran a few weeks ago. Eventually, they were given masks - but in the weeks leading up to the WHO declaring the virus to be a global pandemic, they were not allowed to have any, despite it being very obvious this virus was extremely deadly to people in the age group who occupy long term care homes. Revera is most certainly going to be dragged into court on many fronts.