Three residents who were infected have died, Gallant said.
Eating in the hallway Some co-workers, and I ve witnessed it firsthand, are not using PPE properly, the male worker said.
One staff member entered a COVID-positive resident s room wearing PPE, left to grab a water bottle from a staff break room, and then went back inside the resident s room with the same PPE, he said.
In the last week, employees have taken masks off inside residents rooms because they were hot, or ate food in hallways instead of the designated green rooms for staff, the female worker said. [They re] touching their masks or faces with gloved hands that have touched residents who are COVID-19 positive, she said.
Parkside Extendicare care home in Regina. (Logan Stein/980 CJME file photo)
The Saskatchewan NDP wants the ombudsman to look at Extendicare’s financial records.
An investigation is promised into the company’s handling of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Regina’s Parkside care home.
The NDP’s seniors critic Matt Love accused Extendicare of putting profits over people and believes that is evident in dividends still being paid out to shareholders during the outbreak.
In an email statement Friday evening Extendicare clarified that it’s financial statements are published every quarter with a detailed summary of costs including efforts to combat COVID.
By Moises Canales
Jan 22, 2021 7:13 PM
MLA Matt Love, seniors critic for the Saskatchewan NDP, has voiced his concerns about how the Extendicare company is gaining profits while Regina’s Parkside families mourn deaths from the facility’s recent COVID-19 outbreak.
During a online conference with reporters on Friday morning, Love pointed to Extendicare continuing to pay out dividends to shareholders despite the 43 lives lost at the Regina care home from the outbreak over the last several weeks.
He said instead of investing in the health and care of their residents, Extendicare is lining the pockets of shareholders with dividends.
“We believe that profits should not be prioritized over the lives of our seniors, and that very much looks like what is taking place at Extendicare right here in our province,” stated Love.
4-bed rooms among factors that may have contributed to spread of Parkside outbreak, SHA says
Extendicare says several areas of its Regina Parkside care home which has been gripped by a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed 20 residents were recently found to have extremely poor air flow.
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