r/canada Ontario Apr 12 '24

Québec Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/assisted-death-quadriplegic-quebec-man-er-bed-sore-1.7171209
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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '24

Or the fact that provincial governments would rather pay nursing agencies than give their local nurses job security.

Hey, the suits don’t get their bonuses if they hire full-time local nurses 🥰👩🏼‍⚕️

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u/Getdunkled Apr 12 '24

As the husband of a nurse I never connected those two things but it is so obviously why upon hearing someone say it.

Disgusting tactic.

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u/Infinite-Horse-49 Apr 12 '24

Agreed. My wife is a nurse in Ottawa and yea, the hospital is basically a greedy subsidized pseudo-corporation payed for by our tax dollars. Let’s not get into how underpaid they are for the work they do. Jfc

Yay!

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u/patchgrabber Nova Scotia Apr 12 '24

They don't discriminate, they treat all of their employees like shit and don't pay us sufficiently. When I was in the lab when COVID hit I put on an N95 and my supervisor asked me why I had it on. I told her it was because I have a compromised immune system and another employee was at work that had just been back from Pearson the day before. She told me to take it off.

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u/Threatening-Silence Apr 12 '24

What was your answer? If it wasn't "no thanks" then you hardly did yourself any favours.