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CALGARY Several hundred workers at a southeast Calgary care facility that was the site of a number of COVID-19 outbreaks last year voted to join Alberta s largest union. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) announced the results of the vote of more than 300 auxiliary nurses at AgeCare Seton on April 28. Union officials say by joining, they are improving their working conditions and care of the residents at the facility. The organizing that these workers have done is inspiring, and we’re proud to have them in our union family, Bobby-Joe Borodey, a vice-president with AUPE, said in a release.
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Lapses in compliance with some COVID-19 protocols were among the causes of the fall outbreak at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre that infected 95 and killed 12, according to internal Alberta Health Services emails.
The emails, obtained by Postmedia through a Freedom of Information request, cite information provided by AHS Infection Prevention & Control on the origin of the outbreak.
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“Main contributing factors are discontinuation of precautions, transferring of patients without maintenance of precautions, and wandering patients with cognitive issues,” the email from Sept. 27 read.
Author of the article: Jason Herring
Publishing date: Feb 19, 2021 • February 19, 2021 • 3 minute read • The Foothills Hospital in Calgary was photographed on Monday, September 21, 2020. Lapses in compliance with some COVID-19 protocols were among the causes of the fall outbreak at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary that infected 95 and killed 12, according to internal Alberta Health Services emails. Photo by Gavin Young
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Lapses in compliance with some COVID-19 protocols were among the causes of the fall outbreak at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre that infected 95 and killed 12, according to internal Alberta Health Services emails.
The emails, obtained by Postmedia through a Freedom of Information request, cite information provided by AHS Infection Prevention & Control on the origin of the outbreak.
CALGARY Alberta’s health minister says the province has lost two health-care workers due to COVID-19.
Tyler Shandro started Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing by honouring the memory of Joe Marie (Jing) Corral of Calgary and announcing the death of a second continuing-care home worker in the Edmonton area.
“He served residents faithfully in spite of the risk of COVID,” Shandro said of Corral. “He’s an example of the strength of this health-care system and the commitment of the many people who work in it.
“Joe is the first health-care worker that we’ve lost to COVID-19 here in Alberta and I am very sorry to have to announce the loss of another continuing care worker.”