Staff, Supplies Lacking at Residence Herron Before the Pandemic, Quebec Coroner Hears

Staff, Supplies Lacking at Residence Herron Before the Pandemic, Quebec Coroner Hears
Plush toys and flowers are shown outside Residence Herron in the Montreal suburb of Dorval, May 10, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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MONTREAL—A nurse told a Quebec coroner’s inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equipment even before the pandemic hit.

Véronique Bossé, who worked as director of care at Résidence Herron from September 2019 to January 2020, said on Monday there were not enough washcloths and mattress protectors for all the residents when she began work.