Albert Lee’s mother had only been living at Winnipeg’s Parkview Place care home for 10 days when she tested positive for COVID-19. From afar, he watched with concern and wondered how his mother had contracted the disease. Sixteen days later, Pak Lee, 102, died.
Manitoba reported a record-breaking 480 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, including 309 in Winnipeg, where 9.7 per cent of tests performed returned positive results. Nearly 100 operations have also been cancelled in the city, where ICU capacity has reached 96 per cent, with only three ICU beds available as of last Friday. Public health officials provided no information on care home outbreaks or ICU capacity over the weekend.
“I read it and my first thought was, oh no, this isn’t right,” said Mr. Lee, who spent years assessing the safety of nuclear installations. “It’s been well established over the last several months that the coronavirus is readily and easily transmitted in airborne droplets indoors, that’s been well known to all of the health care professionals – putting end tables between the beds is, from my perspective, incompetent.
Wab Kinew, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, derided the government’s efforts in the Manitoba Legislature last week and has previously called for the evacuation of Parkview Place. “Why is this government continuing to fail seniors, and when will they step in to take control of the Parkview Place personal care home so that no one else dies?” he said.Lisa Muswagon is pictured with her mother, Isabel Scribe, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Michelle Porter, director of the Centre on Aging at the University of Manitoba, agrees personal care homes need more oversight, describing the recent surge in COVID-19 cases as “shocking.”
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