Pregnant London, Ont. nurse who's about to be fired: Why is COVID vaccine still mandatory?

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A London Health Sciences Centre nurse set to be fired this week made a public appeal to the hospital’s top boss to save her job.

Hartman was on maternity leave in 2021, then put on unpaid leave for declining to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. She has been working with her union, the Ontario Nurses Association, which she said informed her she will be fired this week.Schleifer Taylor said the hospital gets it policy guidelines from public health officials and referred to a “special table” of hospital groups that discuss the requirement.

When a decision is made to lift COVID vaccine requirements, Schleifer Taylor noted, “it will be evidence-informed. There are a number of things at play.”Article content

 

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