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Military report on five long-term care homes in Ontario details troubling allegations
BY , May 26, 2020 7:37 PM - REPORT AN ERRORLAST UPDATED ON May 27, 2020 2:12 AM
A patch is seen on a member of the Canadian Armed Forces at Residence Yvon-Brunet a long-term care home in Montreal, Saturday, April 18, 2020. The Canadian Forces say five members working in long-term care homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the illness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
A patch is seen on a member of the Canadian Armed Forces at Residence Yvon-Brunet a long-term care home in Montreal, Saturday, April 18, 2020. The Canadian Forces say five members working in long-term care homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the illness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
A patch is seen on a member of the Canadian Armed Forces at Residence Yvon-Brunet a long-term care home in Montreal, Saturday, April 18, 2020. The Canadian Forces say five members working in long-term care homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the illness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
A military report on five long-term care homes in Ontario details troubling allegations such as rooming COVID-19 positive patients with uninfected ones, insect infestations and aggressive resident feeding that led to choking.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called in military assistance last month for five long-term care homes dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has seen the report, calls it ``deeply disturbing.''
The allegations detailed by Canadian Armed Forces members also include failure to isolate COVID-19-positive patients and allowing them to wander outside of their rooms.
At one home, the military reports ``significant'' fecal contamination in resident rooms, cockroach infestations, residents not being bathed in weeks, and some crying out for help for more than two hours.
Since members of the military began providing operational assistance in Ontario, 14 of them have become infected with COVID-19.
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