Winnipeg Free Press
By: Kevin Rollason
| Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
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For the first time in almost three months, Marie Bell heard her daughter tell her — in person — she loves her.
For the first time in almost three months, Marie Bell heard her daughter tell her — in person — she loves her.
Bell, 89, is a resident of Convalescent Home of Winnipeg, a personal care home which has gone through weeks of battling an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Extremely restrictive visitation policies were enacted.
Now, as its COVID-19 numbers dropped, the facility, following guidelines set by Shared Health, has begun allowing in-person visitation — via a heated "pod" located outside the main building.