PANDEMIC 1 - 33 Dead in Dorval
Podcast |
COMMONS
Publisher |
CANADALAND
Media Type |
audio
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Canada
News & Politics
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Documentary
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Publication Date |
Apr 29, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:20:03

They were found abandoned in the facility. The conditions were described as “akin to a concentration camp.” Within two weeks, over thirty of them would be dead. The story of the Résidence Herron in Dorval, Quebec is a national shame — and a preview of the carnage still to come.

COMMONS: Pandemic is currently focusing on how COVID-19 is affecting long-term care in Canada.

Featured in this episode: Aaron Derfel (Montreal Gazette)

To learn more:

Public health, police find bodies, feces at Dorval seniors’ residence: sources in the Montreal Gazette by Aaron Derfel

Records reveal chaos in the days before staff abandoned the Herron in the Montreal Gazette by Aaron Derfel

Alleged neglect of seniors at residence in Dorval in CityNews Montreal by Alyssia Rubertucci

 

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Clean Soul” by Kevin Macleod and “Seeker” by Kai Engel, adapted.

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