Verdun hospital becomes a hotspot
Verdun General has become a COVID-19 hotspot where at least two doctors and 35 patients have the virus.
The mayor is now asking us to stay in our neighbourhoods and says police will be patrolling six big parks – Maisonneuve, Lafontaine, Mount Royal, Jeanne-Mance, Laurier and along the Lachine Canal – to break up any gatherings.
City cases are now up to 2,642; 17 people have died so far in Montreal. The curve is still on an upswing in the city.
Max 21:13 on 2020-04-02 Permalink
That figures. Verdun is the shittiest hospital on the whole island. Their head of orthopaedics, Dr. Serge Tohme (who operated on my leg a few years ago) is the subject of a lawsuit for causing a woman to lose her leg. Fuck Verdun Hospital up the arse.
Raymond Lutz 08:19 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
The metro is still running and the police is breaking up any gatherings in the parks?
Meezly 08:38 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Even the shittiest hospital does not deserve this (but the administration, maybe!). May the staff and patients receive the help they need.
Chris 10:05 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Raymond, are you saying they should close the metro? You know hospital workers and other vital workers use it to get to work, right? Not everyone owns their own car.
Raymond Lutz 12:33 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Chris, no, I’m not saying that, I was only stressing the incoherency… If they have staff on hand, it shoud be used to enforce (civilly) social distancing in the metro. I’m not in Mtl so I had to go to the STM website to check.. How is ‘social distancing’ implemented in the metro? How do people behave?
Chris 15:11 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Raymond, thanks for the clarification, I suspected I misunderstood you. I dunno how people are behaving in the metro, I rarely use it, I bike everywhere.
Ant6n 15:17 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Running the metro = calculated risk out of necessity.
Gathering in the park = not considered necessary.