Minister Marguerite Blais, on March 9, 2020, addressed the specific risk posed by COVID-19 to the elderly.R. Horacio Arruda and former health minister Danielle McCann said they had known him since January.
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Coroner Géhane Kamel, who arrived Friday to testify at the public hearing on the waves of deaths in CHSLDs in the spring of 2020, left his sick leave to testify, recalling Marguerite Place being on leave outside the country shortly before the crisis erupted.
“Absolutely the opposite”
It was only when he returned on March 9 that he was informed of the dangers of CHSLDs by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the risk to the elderly affected by COVID-19.
“Witnesses said the exact opposite of what you came to say this morning,” the autopsy later pointed out with surprise at Friday’s sighting.
In fact, the former Minister of Health, Daniel McCann, the former National Director of Public Health, d.R. Horacio Arruda and several other senior officials have previously said there have been signs of danger running these companies since the end of January.
At a meeting attended by Marguerite Place, former Deputy Minister of Health Juan Gentron told the coroner that he had warned network leaders about the dangers posed by the elderly and CHSLTs.
According to the minister on Friday, it was a question of the status of China, where the virus was first detected.
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Are CHSLDs ready?
More than a month after the first meeting between Franசois Legalt and Horacio Arruda, Marguerite Blais was confronted with Info Sunday’s announcement on February 8, 2020. The Minister replied that he had not seen this document.
He also described the steps taken by Quebec to tackle the crisis. Quebec is particularly focused on preparing hospitals considering the situation in Europe, and these companies have been particularly affected, he explained.
“Everyone has good faith and everyone thinks it will happen in hospitals. When we set up specialized hospitals, we put up a pediatric hospital that we thought would affect children. That did not happen. We were unaware, ”she explained.
The Minister added that CHSLDs would not have been given special attention as they are used to managing all types of explosions, however, this is not a question of negligence.
“CHSLDs are known to manage eruptions,” he stressed. This is not the first time there have been outbreaks of CHSLDs, and it will not be the last.
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Intense emotions
According to an interview with the show Investigation In August 2020, he was promoted to D.C.R. Horacio Arruda, Prime Minister, Franois Legault and former Prime Minister Marguerite Blais pointed out on Friday that he did not represent the core of his thinking.
“By the time I gave you an interview you know, I did not have the perspective I needed, I was in deep emotions,” he said.
Ask her out well if she is no longer absorbed in the connection.
Marguerite Blais opened his long-awaited testimony in November explaining his absence.
“I accept my responsibility to come and meet you in November [mais] I was so emotional, ”he said, recalling that he had not been working since last fall due to burns.
“To see people die, you can not be indifferent about it,” he added, adding that this was a “basic” investigation.
Reactions in Quebec
The minister’s testimony provoked opposition in Quebec.
In light of the testimony of Quebec’s Liberal Party spokeswoman Marguerite Blaise for seniors, Monique Chau believes she can “no longer accept her duties as a minister” and is therefore asking for her resignation.
“The chaos is complete, but one thing is for sure: the CAQ escaped it with the CHSLDs and abandoned the adults to their fate. The families of those who died in the CHSLDs want to know the truth, and they have a right to it,” said Sol Solnetti, vice-president of the Solidarity.
