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Canada’s national vaccination campaign to stop the spread of COVID-19 began with joy and relief on Monday, while challenges facing the mass inoculation plan rose to the surface as hundreds of Quebec nursing-home workers passed on the shot for now.
Gisèle Levesque, an 89-year-old resident of a Quebec City nursing home, did not flinch as she received her needle in the arm at 11:25 a.m. A short time later and about 250 kilometres to the southwest, Gloria Lallouz, 78, received her dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a nursing home on the west side of Montreal. Anita Quidangen, a Toronto personal support worker who has worked with seniors since 1988, received
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A box of Pfizer/BioNTEch Covid-19 vaccine is delivered from a UPS truck to the Maimonides long term care home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 14, 2020. Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services handout via Reuters
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TORONTO Dec 15 Canada kicked off its inoculation campaign against Covid-19 yesterday by injecting frontline healthcare workers and elderly nursing home residents, becoming just the third nation in the world to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The first dose broadcast on live TV went to Anita Quidangen. The personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, a non-profit nursing home for the elderly in Toronto, Canada s largest city, said she was “excited” to have been first in line.
UHN gave first COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
University Health Network (UHN) today gave the first COVID-19 vaccine in Canada. This landmark event signals a potential turning point in the pandemic and underlines the value of science and worldwide cooperation.
UHN is proud to play a leading role in launching Canada s COVID-19 vaccination program. These past nine months have been challenging in so many ways, but no more so than for healthcare workers across the continuum of care - especially those dedicated colleagues who care for seniors in long-term care. We remember the 13,500 Canadians who lost their lives to this ravaging virus. With this vaccine, we turn the corner and begin a new era in the fight against COVID-19 - an era with the effective tools to beat this relentless enemy.
Health Sciences North, and its affiliate the Health Sciences North Research Institute, has been ranked among Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for a seventh consecutive year by Research Infosource. (File)
Health Sciences North, and its affiliate the Health Sciences North Research Institute, has been ranked among Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for the year 2019, the seventh consecutive year the hospital has made the list.
The ranking for 2019 by Research Infosource placed HSN at 38th on the list, up one spot from 2018.
“HSN, HSNRI, and its researchers have secured over $9 million, including external grants and contract funding, for studies to support our key goal of enhancing HSN’s academic and research
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