Over the last few weeks, the situation at Denis-Benjamin-Viger in Île-Bizard has gone from bad to worse. Around 40 per cent of the residents have contracted COVID-19 and so have about one-third of the staff. “It’s scary,” said Kristina Hoare, a licensed practical nurse. “You don’t know what you’re walking into.
You don’t know are you going to be here for eight hours. “Are you going to be here for 12? Are you going to be here for 16? Are you going to have help?
Are you going to be by yourself?” The regional health authority says there are currently 108 residents living in the facility, 44 of whom have COVID-19.
Fourteen have died since the beginning of the pandemic. There are also 44 employees who have contracted the virus. [ Sign up for our