Quebec coroner questions why more wasn’t done for neglected Herron residents
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MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner overseeing an inquiry into long-term care deaths is questioning why more wasn’t done to help residents at a Montreal-area home where dozens died.
Coroner Géhane Kamel has repeatedly asked why it took regional health authorities days to get more employees and front-line staff to Résidence Herron when they were aware by March 29, 2020 that residents weren’t getting enough to eat or drink at the understaffed private facility.
Kamel raised the issue again today as witnesses from the regional health authority took the stand, describing a chaotic situation that persisted at the care home well into early April.
She asked one witness why residents weren’t transferred to other facilities, with the witness suggesting the entire system was overwhelmed by staff shortages and there were fears of overloaded emergency and intensive care units and COVID-19 spread.
