The regional health authority for Montreal’s West Island says it is partnering with the Canadian Red Cross to organize training for volunteers at nursing homes ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health agency says the Red Cross will train 40 people each day to help residents of the area’s long-term care facilities as the virus rages through Quebec, which counts the most confirmed cases of any province at about 16,800.
The West Island suburbs are where a private long-term care home saw 31 residents reportedly die in less than a month, some of them while the centre was under provincial trusteeship. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The Red Cross announcement Saturday comes as Canadian Armed Forces