*** Here is the preliminary list of CHSLDs having experienced an outbreak, i.e. the presence of at least 2 nosocomial cases on a care unit, occurring over a period of 14 days, between March 13, 2020 and March 20, 2021. Click here to find out if it concerns you or if it concerns a loved one
The Superior Court of Quebec authorizes a class action for residents of the 118 CHSLDs who experienced a major outbreak of COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic.
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The collective action targets “any person who resided at any time between March 13, 2020 and March 20, 2021 in one of the public CHSLDs in Quebec in which there was an outbreak of 25% or more cases of COVID- 19, as well as their spouse, their natural caregiver(s), their children and their grandchildren, as well as the heirs and beneficiaries of deceased residents.
The claim for punitive and exemplary damages for residents of public CHSLDs “who experienced a major outbreak (more than 25% infection rate) between March 13, 2020 and March 20, 2021 and their loved ones (which, according to our calculations, 118 CHSLDs)” will also be authorized, we learn in a press release from Ménard Martin Avocats.
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“This is a tragedy of unparalleled magnitude”
“It is a tragedy of unparalleled magnitude in the history of Quebec,” lamented Me Patrick Martin-Ménard, health law lawyer at a press conference Tuesday morning.
“We already knew that at the CHSLD Sainte-Dorothée there was an outbreak which caused numerous victims on an already unequaled scale, but we did not yet know of the massacre which was going to hit Quebec,” he said. he adds.
“9,117 people were infected in CHSLDs and 3,669 died.”
“During this first wave, there were 66 public CHSLDs which experienced a major outbreak, therefore an outbreak in which more than 25% of residents were infected.”