February 6, 2021- Winnipeg Free Press
Left for dead
By: Danielle Da Silva
Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the NIA, said in other provinces an outbreak of that size would trigger an immediate visit to the home by the relevant health authorities and an offer to provide staffing and personal protective equipment to the operator.
"Too many of these homes initially were left for dead because you had a (health) minister at the time who was famously quoted as saying, well these deaths are sadly tragic, but they’re ‘unavoidable,’" Sinha said, referring to comments made by Friesen to CBC Manitoba in mid-October.