TORONTO A few months into the pandemic, a registered nurse in a Toronto-area long-term care facility told her son that they were âoverworked and understaffedâ at her job, and that she believed change was needed. He recorded the conversation, but itâs difficult for him to listen back to her voice now â his mother, 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley, died this week after contracting COVID-19. In Canada, some 30 health-care workers have died since the pandemic began. Ambersley, who worked at a care facility owned by Extendicare, told her son, Floyd, in May that working conditions were difficult. COVID-19 had changed the nature of her job âin a way that impacts the whole workforce,â she said in an audio recording provided to CTV News.
TORONTO A few months into the pandemic, a registered nurse in a Toronto-area long-term care facility told her son that they were âoverworked and understaffedâ at her job, and that she believed change was needed. He recorded the conversation, but itâs difficult for him to listen back to her voice now â his mother, 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley, died this week after contracting COVID-19. In Canada, some 30 health-care workers have died since the pandemic began. Ambersley, who worked at a care facility owned by Extendicare, told her son, Floyd, in May that working conditions were difficult. COVID-19 had changed the nature of her job âin a way that impacts the whole workforce,â she said in an audio recording provided to CTV News.
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A third Alberta health-care worker has died from COVID-19, Alberta Health reported Wednesday.
It marks the third consecutive day that Alberta has reported the death of a health-care worker from COVID-19. The worker reported dead on Wednesday worked in the Calgary zone. The person was not employed by Alberta Health Services, AHS said.
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Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced the first death of a health-care worker Monday, and while offering condolences to care aide Joe Corral’s family during Tuesday’s news conference, revealed that a second health-care worker had died.