Three Winnipeg care homes run by the same organization are facing unprecedented staffing shortages as more COVID-19 outbreaks continue to emerge in health-care and long-term care facilities.
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Margaret Watson, 94, a resident at Oakview Place Long Term Care Residence, is all smiles after getting her COVID-19 vaccine. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
Hope came with the prick of a needle for Margaret Watson.
Hope came with the prick of a needle for Margaret Watson.
The 94-year-old became the first Winnipeg care home resident to receive a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Ouch. Oh my gosh, Watson said, then smiled, seconds after getting her first dose of the vaccine at Oakview Place Monday morning.
Watson said she was surprised when she found out she would be the first Winnipegger, who isn’t a health-care worker, to be immunized.
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Care homes, First Nations ready for innoculations
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Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will be among the first long-term care residents in Manitoba to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba.
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will be among the first long-term care residents in Manitoba to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba.
Like a sneak thief in the night, COVID-19 stole into The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg undetected.
No one knows how, exactly, the virus got into the Hugo Street personal-care home; none of the 84 residents or any staff members were showing any symptoms when the first positive case came back on Dec. 6.
But the virus made its presence known with force. Little more than a month later, the numbers tell a frightening tale.
Eighteen of the 84 residents died, the latest a woman in her 60s reported Thursday. Sixty-three residents contracted the virus and have recovered. Three others have somehow managed not to get sick.