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Publishing date: May 12, 2021 • May 12, 2021 • 2 minute read • Eddie Calisto-Tavares with her 88-year-old father Manuel, who passed away in November one of over 50 people who died from COVID-19 infection at Maples Personal Care Home. In response to the crisis, Calisto-Tavares took charge of her father’s care in October.
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A class-action lawsuit has been launched against the owner of Maples Long Term Care Home and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority in response to a COVID-19 outbreak last fall that claimed the lives of at least 56 Maples residents.
Representative plaintiffs Lawrence Lewsey and Eddie Calisto-Tavares, who lost family members during the outbreak, are seeking damages from Revera Inc. and the WRHA, alleging low staffing levels and neglect during the outbreak. Around 74 staff tested positive for COVID-19 and were required, the lawsuit alleges, to be absent from their duties at Maples for varyi
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Witnesses to horror
Grieving, angry relatives determined to effect changes to protect province s seniors after nightmare at Maples Long Term Care Home
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A resident is removed from Maples Long Term Care Home by paramedics in November 2020. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
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Eddie Calisto-Tavares took matters into her own hands so she could hold her father’s at the end of his life.
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Eddie Calisto-Tavares took matters into her own hands so she could hold her father’s at the end of his life.
As a horrifying COVID-19 outbreak raged inside Maples Long Term Care Home last fall, she donned full-body personal protective equipment and became his designated caregiver.
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