“It was total panic,” Guyot-Gagné said.
Staff from the care team “ran away” from the residence and some refused to enter work for fear of contracting COVID-19, she added. Others were removed by public health because they showed symptoms or had been in contact with infected people.
Five of Manoir Liverpool’s six managers were removed by public health officials, according to Claude Talbot, who was then the owner.
Coroner Géhane Kamel is investigating the deaths that occurred during the first wave of the pandemic in CHSLDs and other residences for seniors or vulnerable people in Quebec. Eight establishments will be examined during public hearings; one death per residence has been chosen to facilitate the investigation. At Manoir Liverpool, it is the file of 60-year-old Jacques Lévesque that has been retained for investigation.