A Kitchener, Ont. hospital is responding to concerns revolving around possible coronavirus exposure raised by the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA).
On Saturday, the ONA issued a released calling on St. Mary’s General Hospital to “expedite COVID-19 testing and support more than 50 nurses who have been exposed to the coronavirus while caring for a patient.” ONA President Vicki McKenna said that registered nurses at the hospital were exposed to the virus while caring for a patient in the emergency room who was screened for influenza and not COVID-19. “Nurses were exposed as they performed emergency medical procedures on the patient that made the virus borne by air; the patient was not isolated,” McKenna said. “And worst of all, nurses were