“As Muslims, we say: ‘If it has to happen, it has to happen. (He would catch COVID-19, and infect two of his three daughters and his wife, 10 months after meeting Patient One. “My wife was not too upset when I told her,” Berkane said. They would account for more than 80 per cent of deaths in the first wave and contribute to Quebec having one of the worst COVID-19 fatality rates in the world. The province thought itself ready after freeing up thousands of hospital beds, only to find itself unprepared to protect its most vulnerable, lying hostage in old-age homes. Over 10,000 people, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, have died.
More than 286,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Quebec so far.
Similar rapid-fire modifications transformed hospitals throughout the province. A surgical ward was converted into a COVID-19 hot zone for 37 patients. A massive tent was erected outside to house the possibly contaminated. In the year since Patient One walked into the Verdun Hospital, Verdun’s ER went from having one negative pressure room to 10, built during the first wave while the ward continued to treat patients. “You think of your family, of bringing it home.” Photo by Allen McInnis / Montreal Gazette He’s the one who first came face to face with Patient One. *** “Of course you’re scared when you hear the news,” says Farid Berkane, head of security at Verdun Hospital. Then the whole security office.įrom that moment, Berkane said, “everything changed.” “At this moment, we thought we might have a COVID patient. Article contentīerkane exchanged looks with his colleague. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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