The nurse works on a COVID-19 unit in a London, Ont. hospital, according to the GoFundMe page.
At her place of work, nurses must quarantine for 14 days after any exposure to COVID and do so without being paid. That’s even if they test negative.
Those who have COVID symptoms can get sick pay.
You’d assume any nurse working on a COVID floor might have a COVID exposure, and indeed, it happens but even when these frontline health workers test negative, they still must fulfill 14 days in quarantine. Without pay.
If you’re scratching your head over how “the heroes” of COVID care came to be treated so shabbily, you’re not alone.
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An Ottawa nurse said she checked with colleagues who have also received just one dose of vaccine. “Their answers were short: Too little, too late.” Nurses and other frontline health workers say they feel like afterthoughts.
Queensway Carleton Hospital emergency physician Dr. Michael Herman is among frontline health workers with one dose of vaccine. He said many people were surprised to learn that he and other frontline staff had not received second doses.
“It is great to see the government taking some action and prioritizing frontline health-care workers.”
Greg Hedgecoe, vice-president of human resources at Queensway Carleton, echoed that.
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The province announced Monday that nurses, doctors, PSWs and other frontline health-care workers engaged in high-risk COVID settings are now eligible for a second vaccine dose earlier than the four-month interval.
The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) led the way in advocating for this move.
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For those risking their lives every day through their involvement in the COVID-19 response, getting a second vaccine dose faster is crucial.
Canada expanded the gap between first and second doses from a few weeks to a few months, hoping to get a first vaccine shot into as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
Windsor nurse wants province to look closer to home when bringing health-care professionals to Ontario
A Windsor nurse says she wants to do more to help fight COVID-19 in hot spot areas and that the provincial government could look closer to home when it comes to filling health-care positions in the province.
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Celeste Pane is a registered nurse with 30 years of experience.(Jacob Barker/CBC)
LTC report recommendations draw thumbs up; now it s time for Ontario to act, advocates say “It’s all there in the report, what needs to be done, but it’s going to take commitment and investment.
Author of the article: Bruce Deachman
Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Grace Welch, advocacy committee chair of the Champlain Region Family Council Network, says the recommendations of Ontario s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission will go a long way to fixing the province s long-term care system, but the government needs to act. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The recommendations released Friday by Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission are getting top marks from those who have been advocating for wholesale reform of the sector. What those people want to see now, though, is the implementation by the province of those proposals.