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COVID-19 positive staff at Saskatchewan’s hardest-hit long term care home were given permission to return to work before completing a 14-day quarantine because of an “extreme staff shortage,” according to a confidential report obtained by Postmedia.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a special exemption on Dec. 9 for employees at Extendicare Parkside to return to work after 10 days instead of the mandated 14. That same day, it entered into a co-management agreement with the privately-operated home.
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Posted: Mar 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 11
Bob Nye eats dinner in his room at an Extendicare Medex home in Ottawa. As of March 10, 2021, residents were being told to isolate in their rooms even though they d been given two COVID-19 vaccine doses after two staff members tested positive.(Submitted by Lisa Nye)