KMHC Begins New Training to Supplement In-Patient Care
Written by Paul Graif on 16 April 2020
The Kateri Memorial Hospital Center is beginning to cross-train some of the employees who have seen their workload diminish because of the slowdown in their particular departments. They will now be trained to work in in-patient care at the KMHC. This will help to mitigate the loss of some employees who had to leave as the Quebec directive now limits them to working in just one healthcare facility.
KMHC Executive Director Lisa Westaway says the projections still show the peak of positive cases in Quebec hitting the province this week, perhaps as early as Saturday. “There has been a significant increase in the amount of deaths in Quebec, they have almost doubled in the last three days,” she said.
Nine people were tested at the Kahnawake site on Thursday, after just three tests on Wednesday.
Arnold Lazare of the Covid-19 Task Force focused on balance as part of his briefing. “With the Quebec Government loosening of some of the items, it has caused a lot of confusion in the community,” he said.
“New construction is not allowed. The outside pool companies are not allowed in the community because the restrictions are still in place. I have been in touch with all the pool companies and I informed them that the regulations have not changed and if their employees come in then they would be subject to the penalties.”
On the good news front, Lazare said the food supply remains very stable and more importantly there have been no Covid-19 cases in Kahnawake where anyone has required hospitalization, nor have there been any deaths. “It tells us that the directives are working,” Lazare said.
