THUNDER BAY - People on the other side of the world living with a disability or injury will soon have more freedom thanks to a large donation from a local long-term care home.
Medical Equipment Modernization Opportunity picked up several dozen wheelchairs from Southbridge Roseview Manor on Friday, which are destined for Zimbabwe.
“Roseview Manor has made these chairs available and this is fantastic,” said Tom Baxter, operating manger with MEMO.
“They are going to go over to Zimbabwe to people who don’t have them. When you get over there, people have nothing whatsoever and some of them who are injured or paralyzed are crawling in the dirt because they don’t have a chair.”
A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Southbridge Roseview Manor on Nov. 27. (File).
THUNDER BAY - When Debbie Shubat learned her mother Amy contracted COVID-19 last November while living in Southbridge Roseview Manor, she was devastated and says she has been living in a nightmare ever since.
“Every time I hear her, the little I do hear from her, and see her, I can’t stop thinking about her. I dream about her,” Shubat said. “It has been my living nightmare for all these months.”
Shubat, along with hundreds of other family members and organizations, gathered for a virtual media conference hosted by the Ontario Health Coalition calling on the Ford government to take immediate action to address the crisis in long-term care homes across the province and stop downplaying the numbers.
After a long and happy life of 90 years, it is with heavy hearts our family announces the peaceful passing of Evelina Ghersinich, affectionately known as “Nonna” to all family members and friends, on January 09, 2021.
Born in Albareto, Italy on July 08, 1930, Evelina was an adventurous soul leaving home at the age of 20 to go to work in England then moved halfway across the world to pursue her heart, landing in Beardmore Ontario in November 1953 at the ripe old age of 23. There she caught up with the handsome young sergeant she was introduced to years earlier by her cousin. Evelina and Milovan were married on December 6, 1953 and spent 9 wonderful years working in lumber camps, enjoying the northern wilderness and raising their young family (Claudio, 1956; Silvana, 1961). Looking for a change and after a brief stint in Montreal, the family settled in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) in the summer of 1963. Never one to be idle, Evelina took on a twelve-month contract in the
Province extending northern lockdown for two weeks
The medical officer of health recommended the lockdown be extended to prevent more surges of the COVID-19 cases.
Jan 7, 2021 3:22 PM By: Doug Diaczuk
THUNDER BAY – Northern Ontario will remain under lockdown for another two weeks, as cases continue to surge across the province.
The province announced late Thursday afternoon that health units in northern parts of the province will remain under lockdown until at least Jan. 23. Students in school boards across the north will be returning to in-person learning on Jan. 11.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Thunder Bay District is declining but the medical officer of health is warning we are the exception to the rule and did recommend to the province that the district remain in lockdown for another two weeks.
Horwath pressures Ford to ‘step up’ vaccinations for long-term care
Opposition leader Andrea Horwath said the provincial government needs more urgency when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care homes across the province.
Jan 6, 2021 1:40 PM By: Doug Diaczuk
NDP leader Andrea Horwath. (File).
THUNDER BAY - The leader of the opposition in Ontario is calling on the Ford government to accelerate vaccinations in long-term care homes across the province.
NDP leader Andrea Horwath held a media conference on Wednesday where she called the provincial government to ‘get the game in action.’
“What we are saying to the premier today is he has to pull out all the stops. He has to get the game in action,” Horwath said. “It’s unbelievable we have no urgency whatsoever from this government yet again.”