No criminal charges to be laid against CHSLD Herron over COVID-19 deaths The first confirmed COVID-19 case in the home was on March 27.
Front-line staff quickly began to fall ill, and replacement staff were hard to find because of pressure across the network.Some Herron workers confided to Pettinicchi that they were afraid, and many had been told to quarantine for 14 days.
One of the health authority officials who came to help on March 29, Dr. Nadine Larente, was asked to speak to kitchen staff who were afraid to distribute food trays to patients.Pettinicchi said she distributed trays that evening to several residents herself, but said she didn’t note sticky floors and soiled patients as other witnesses have testified.