Military Heads To Montreal Nursing Homes As COVID-19 Continues To Spread

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125 military personnel with medical expertise have geared up to deploy to nursing homes in the Montreal area

The regional health authority for Montreal’s West Island, which is now overseeing the Residence Herron, confirmed it will receive support from a team of military nurses and orderlies over the next few days.

The so-called intervention teams bound for the five long-term care homes in Montreal will be composed of one nurse and 12 technicians, each supported by support staff, the Forces said.Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are shown at Residence Yvon-Brunet, a long-term care home in Montreal, on Saturday.

The Red Cross will train 40 people each day to help residents of the area’s long-term care facilities as the virus rages through Quebec, which counts the most confirmed cases of any province at more than 17,500, the health agency said. Among the dead was the first orderly in Montreal to succumb to the disease, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees.A Rest In Peace card and flowers are shown outside a long-term care home in Montreal on Saturday.

 

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