coronavirus cases is a positive step but fails to address the main issue: staff shortages.The prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 is terrifying to Denyse Joseph and the health-care staff she represents.“We have people saying we will not be able to go through a second wave if we don’t increase the staffing,” said Joseph, a spokesperson for Quebec’s nurses union, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ).
Quebec outlines coronavirus action plan ahead of potential second wave Joseph says the government’s plan to tackle the second wave is well-intentioned but doesn’t address the chronic understaffing issues health-care workers face.Ten thousand PABs (préposé aux béneficiaires) are currently being trained but Joseph.