A West Island MNA says his experience volunteering at a Quebec long-term care residence (CHSLD) hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic will be hard to forget.
Liberal MNA Monsef Derraji was among those who answered the West Island health authority’s call for volunteers to staff Residence Herron in Dorval, Que., after an outbreak at the facility.
He told Global News Morning that he felt a duty to serve. “As an MNA, as a resident of the West Island, I took the decision that it’s now my turn to go and help my community and to help our seniors,” he told Global News Morning.
The pandemic has caused a crisis in Quebec’s CHSLDs, and for many, Herron’s outbreak will be remembered as being among the first.