Stewart Nanibush from Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ont., was one of 10,000 people in Ontario who have died of COVID-19. Ontario reported three new deaths Tuesday, pushing the provincial total up to the grim milestone.
I don t know what more they could have done. This is a deadly disease, she said.
Floyd Ambersley said he will miss the presence of his mother. My mom, she was such a warm person. When I come home and see my mom, she would always be like: Oh, come say hi.
Floyd Ambersley, left, and Ashley Ambersley, right, say Ontario residents need to take COVID-19 restrictions and the novel coronavirus itself seriously.(CBC)
Follow public health rules, nurse s children say
Both said Ontario residents need to take COVID-19 restrictions and the novel coronavirus itself seriously. It s not something to joke about. You won t really know the hurt of it affecting your life until it hits someone that you love or even hits yourself. We should all just make an effort not to pass this around. COVID is not a joke, Floyd Ambersley said.
TORONTO An Ontario nurse who worked at a long-term care home in Mississauga has died after contracting COVID-19. SEIU Healthcare, a union representing more than 60,000 front-line health-care workers in the province, confirmed the death of 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley on Wednesday. Ambersley spent the last 16 years as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), the union said, and was recently employed at Extendicare Mississauga. “Maureen represented everything good about what it means to serve your community,” SEIU President Sharleen Stewart said in a statement. “For her last birthday she encouraged friends to make donations to SickKids Hospital Foundation. Maureen dedicated her working life to caring for our most vulnerable as a nurse in long-term care.”
Last Updated Wednesday, January 6, 2021 1:13PM EST An Ontario nurse who worked at a long-term care home in Mississauga has died after contracting COVID-19. SEIU Healthcare, a union representing more than 60,000 front-line health-care workers in the province, confirmed the death of 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley on Wednesday. Ambersley spent the last 16 years as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), the union said, and was recently employed at Extendicare Mississauga. “Maureen represented everything good about what it means to serve your community,” SEIU President Sharleen Stewart said in a statement. “For her last birthday she encouraged friends to make donations to SickKids Hospital Foundation. Maureen dedicated her working life to caring for our most vulnerable as a nurse in long-term care.”
Nurse at long-term care home in Mississauga dies after contracting COVID-19
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 5:40 pm EDT
Maureen Ambersley (CNW Group/SEIU Healthcare) SEIU healthcare
SEIU Healthcare, a union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario, announced on Wednesday a nurse who worked at a long-term care home in Mississauga died after contracting COVID-19.
SEIU confirmed the death of 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley, a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), who worked at the Extendicare nursing home in Mississauga.
The healthcare union said Ambersley leaves behind her parents and two children, calling her “a dedicated union steward and an exemplary RPN for over 16 years.”