Health

Quebec doctors surprised by the condition of the elderly in nursing homes

[ad_1] As the retirement homes in Quebec were being devastated by Covid-19, a surgeon, an ophthalmologist, and a gastroenterologist were among many medical professionals who volunteered to help staff overburdened with caring and feeding their vulnerable residents. The experience left them very shocked. Dr. Yves Bendavid, a 49-year-old surgeon, responded …

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Union: Newmarch’s daily tests are “too late”

[ad_1] Daily tests of workers in a Sydney nursing home at the center of a COVID-19 outbreak “absolutely” should have happened sooner, a union says. The testing regimen was established in an attempt to control the outbreak at the Anglicare-run Newmarch House nursing home, where more than a third of …

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