ST. JOHN S, N.L. A team of Newfoundland and Labrador health-care workers took off for Ontario Tuesday morning, hoping to help their central Canadian colleagues battle a deadly third wave of COVID-19 that has pushed the province s health-care system beyond its limits.
A massive Hercules military aircraft sat outside a St. John s hangar, waiting with its rear door wide open for the three doctors and two nurses to board. Dr. Arthur Rideout was one of them and he told reporters he was nervous about the job ahead. It s dire, Rideout said of conditions in Ontario. Their numbers and volume is much more, their capacity is being stretched.
NL team happy to help fellow Canadians
He’s usually one of the ones getting on the plane, but Andrew Furey was at St. John’s International Airport Tuesday as Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier to see off his wife, Allison, and eight other medical professionals on a unique relief mission within Canada’s own borders.
The team three doctors, a nurse practitioner and five registered nurses is a contingent sent to Ontario via a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane to help alleviate the burden on health-care workers in that province.
They gathered for a sendoff in a small military hangar on a wet and windy morning about an hour before departing.
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Posted: Apr 18, 2021 5:22 PM NT | Last Updated: April 18 comments
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