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VANCOUVER - An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread throughout the facility.
Bernadette Cheung poses for a photograph outside Little Mountain Place, where her grandmother, who passed away, was a resident, in Vancouver, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. An inspection of the long-term care home found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread throughout the facility. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Staff shortage amid B.C. s deadliest COVID-19 care home outbreak: report
by Laura Dhillon Kane, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 1, 2021 12:34 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 1, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
VANCOUVER An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread throughout the facility.
The Vancouver Coastal Health inspection report obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom of information request says these two issues were rectified while the outbreak was underway in Little Mountain Place.
Bernadette Cheung, whose grandmother died of COVID-19 at the facility along with 40 other residents, wants more answers, including details on how the staffing shortage and poor infection control potentially worsened the outbreak.
An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate.
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