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Coronavirus: Quebec volunteer doctor says she was turned away at CHSLD Saint-Henri care home

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Thérèse Perreault hasn’t seen her mother since the government banned visits to seniors homes on March 17. Her mother, Gisèle Lemire, is 91 and suffers from Alzheimer’s.

She moved into the CHSLD Saint-Henri long-term care home on March 4, after having spent months in a rehab centre after a fall.

Perreault had been helping to care for her mother daily, going in to visit, feed and soothe her. She isn’t just any ordinary caregiver, she’s a neonatal intensive care doctor at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, and the former head of the NICU there.

Since the COVID-19 crisis hit seniors’ homes, she’s offered her help almost daily to the CHSLD, not just with her mother but any other patients who need care.

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