170 Hospital Staff in Windsor, Ont., Suspended Without Pay for Not Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine

170 Hospital Staff in Windsor, Ont., Suspended Without Pay for Not Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
The Windsor Regional Hospital is shown in Windsor, Ont., on Jan. 6, 2021. The Canadian Press/Rob Gurdebeke
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About 170 staff members at Windsor, Ont., hospitals have been placed on unpaid leave for not receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by the deadlines set out by their employers. 
Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH) and Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) had given staff and physicians until Sept. 22 to get their first COVID-19 shot or risk being suspended without pay, unless they could provide a valid medical exemption.