A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Southbridge Roseview Manor on Nov. 27. (File).
THUNDER BAY - When Debbie Shubat learned her mother Amy contracted COVID-19 last November while living in Southbridge Roseview Manor, she was devastated and says she has been living in a nightmare ever since.
“Every time I hear her, the little I do hear from her, and see her, I can’t stop thinking about her. I dream about her,” Shubat said. “It has been my living nightmare for all these months.”
Shubat, along with hundreds of other family members and organizations, gathered for a virtual media conference hosted by the Ontario Health Coalition calling on the Ford government to take immediate action to address the crisis in long-term care homes across the province and stop downplaying the numbers.
TORONTO A Toronto long-term care doctor is calling on the military to help support a Scarborough nursing home battling a massive COVID-19 outbreak. Scarborough s Tendercare Living Centre houses 254 residents, and as of Tuesday morning, nearly half have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the latest provincial numbers, 118 residents and 47 staff members have tested positive for the virus, while 21 residents have died. We need to think outside the box, and if it means getting the military involved again, to help them, that probably should happen now, Dr. Silvy Mathew said. The Toronto doctor isn t on staff at Tendercare, but she spent five hours there on Sunday after an appeal went out to long-term care physicians. Mathew calls the situation in the home dire, saying residents need help now, if fatalities are to be prevented.