Posted: May 25, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 25
Forty-one residents of the public funded but privately operated Extendicare Parkside care home in Regina died during a COVID-19 outbreak from late November to mid-January. (Submitted to CBC) comments
The independent office investigating the deadly COVID-19 outbreak connected to 41 deaths at the Extendicare Parkside care home in Regina says it expects to release its findings later this year.
In late January, Saskatchewan ombudsman Mary McFadyen announced her office would conduct the probe.
Though McFadyen has free rein to examine factors she believes are relevant, the Saskatchewan government made recommendations for what the investigation should look at, including:
Sask. ombudsman says probe into Parkside outbreak will look at government s role, too
Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan s minister in charge of seniors, said the deaths of 38 seniors at the private Regina care home are of significant concern. Extendicare is contracted by the province to run the home.
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