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WINNIPEG A new class-action lawsuit has been filed focusing on Revera-owned Maples Personal Care Home in Winnipeg. According to a news release from Diamond and Diamond Lawyers, the lawsuit was filed on May 10, and names AXR Operating Inc. and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority as defendants as well. The lawsuit is in response to a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility in October, which resulted in the deaths of 56 people. During this outbreak, 157 residents contracted the disease, as well as 74 staff members. Diamond and Diamond notes that an independent review of the facility found that it was not prepared for the reduction in staff brought on by the outbreak and that the new workers brought in were not properly trained in prevention and control. ....
Posted: May 12, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 12 Eddie Calisto-Tavares took a photo of herself and her father, Manuel Calisto, in the Maples Long Term Care Home during the outbreak. Manuel Calisto died on Nov. 11.(Submitted by Eddie Calisto-Tavares ) The families of two residents who died of COVID-19 complications during the Maples Long Term Care Home outbreak last fall have launched a class-action lawsuit against Revera, the for-profit company that owns the facility, and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, which funds and oversees it. The lawsuit alleges Revera and the health authority caused or contributed to the COVID-19 deaths of Ethel Lewsey, 99, and Manuel Calisto, 88. ....