Noushin Ziafati, The Canadian Press
Printed Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:20PM EDT
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour says it has laid the province’s first COVID-19-related costs towards a long-term care dwelling in London, Ont.
A spokesperson for the ministry mentioned three costs have been laid beneath the Occupational Well being and Security Act towards Sharon Farms & Enterprises Ltd., which runs the Kensington Village long-term care dwelling.
The house is charged with failing to supply a number of written notices of occupational sickness to a director; failing to supply info, instruction and supervision to a employee or staff to guard their well being or security; and knowingly furnishing an inspector with false info.
The ministry mentioned the costs have been laid on Sept. 2. The case is subsequent in court docket on Dec. 6.
Tracie Klisht, government director of Kensington Village, mentioned the house is at the moment evaluating the costs.
“You will need to notice that the costs which were laid will not be associated to any worker’s demise nor are they associated to the provision of PPE for employees and residents. Any suggestion in any other case is deceptive and a disservice to our employees and households,” Klisht mentioned in an e mail.
“We’ll proceed to work with our healthcare companions in our group to supply a secure and cozy dwelling for our residents and a secure and rewarding office for our employees.”
Provincial information reveals that since April 24, 2020, eight deaths associated to COVID-19 have been recorded at Kensington Village.
The Ontario Nurses Affiliation famous {that a} registered nurse who labored on the dwelling died of COVID-19 on Could 11, 2020. It mentioned Brian Beattie was the primary nurse to die from the virus in Ontario.
The ONA added that ministry inspectors visited the house greater than 10 instances between Could and June 2020 and issued quite a lot of orders associated to hygiene, cleansing, social distance and coaching.
“ONA sincerely hopes that the errors this employer made are a lesson to different services to take occupational well being and security, and an infection prevention and management critically,” ONA president Vicki McKenna mentioned in a written assertion.
Lengthy-Time period Care Minister Rod Phillips mentioned Tuesday that he would not touch upon the specifics of the Kensington Village costs for the reason that case was earlier than the courts.
However he mentioned his ministry, the Ministry of Labour and public well being officers might be working “collaboratively” to carry ahead reforms at long-term care properties.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 27, 2021.
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