Vigi Mont-Royal has been one of the seniors homes hardest hit by COVID-19 in Montreal, but in early May, the FIQ nurses’ union says things reached a boiling point. “All the patients were positive.
Not even one was not positive,” said FIQ vice-president Denyse Joseph. She said 68 patients have died of COVID-19 at Vigi Mont-Royal since the beginning of the pandemic.
With dozens of regular staff at home with COVID-19, the West-Central CIUSSS sent people to help care for the home’s 273 residents. “After one day of working there, they were coming back with symptoms, testing positive for COVID-19,” Joseph said. “This rang a bell.” The union was worried not enough was being done by ownership to protect employees, not just at Vigi Mont Royal, but