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(January 11, 2021)<\/p>\n

By: Steve Cornwell, Mississauga News<\/p>\n

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Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is calling on senior levels of government to do more to bolster local long-term-care (LTC) homes, but said she\u2019s not calling for military assistance just yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Crombie made the call at a recent press conference, hours after the news of\u00a0Maureen Ambersely\u2019s death<\/a>,<\/span> a nurse working at Extendicare nursing home in Mississauga, who passed Jan. 5 after testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe were assured by the province that an iron ring would be put around out LTCs to protect our residents, but we know that hasn’t been enough,\u201d Crombie said. \u201cFrankly I’m frustrated, and we need more to be done to protect those that are the most vulnerable in our communities.”<\/p>\n

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There have been over 2,324 COVID-19 cases among residents and staff in LTC homes across Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga, according to numbers from Peel Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As of Jan. 10, the health authority had reported 327 residents and two long-term-care staff deaths related to the virus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Camilla Care Community<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Mississauga has had 72 residents with COVID-19 die to date, among the highest reported death tolls related to the virus among LTCs in the province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In April 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canadian Forces were called in to help at five long-term-care homes, including\u00a0Holland Christian Homes\u2019 Grace Manor<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in Brampton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At this point, Crombie said she didn\u2019t think any congregate settings in Mississauga, which would include LTCs, needed military assistance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cShould we meet that threshold I wouldn’t hesitate to make that ask,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The province needs to recruit more staff, Crombie said, and offer pandemic pay boosts to attract more workers to LTCs.<\/p>\n

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She also asked for the province and federal governments to ensure sick pay for LTC employees and others who might be going to work with COVID-19 symptoms due concerns of losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Peel Health, working with provincial health authorities and LTC administrators, \u201care able to at this time, address the outbreaks that currently exist,\u201d said Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel\u2019s medical officer of health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCertainly, if there are additional requests or needs for assistance, that would be something that I imagine the integrated response team would highly consider,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A recent release<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>from health advocacy group Ontario Health Coalition called on the province government to intervene in LTC homes to \u201cstabilize staffing and ensure infection control practices are followed,\u201d including sending in the military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHospital teams must be sent into all of the homes where staffing has fallen to unsafe levels and the military is needed as an emergency measure where hospital overloads are delaying decisions to send in teams,\u201d the Jan. 7 release said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The province has announced plans to vaccinate all LTC residents, health-care workers and essential caregivers in Peel, and other COVID-19 hot spot areas, by Jan. 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe continue to do everything we can to help stop the spread of this virus and protect our most vulnerable, as well as the staff who have been working tirelessly to keep residents safe,\u201d said Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care,\u00a0in a release<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>from the province.<\/p>\n

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