CHSLD Herron is now the subject of a criminal investigation by Montreal police, as well as a coroner's inquest. Legault acknowledged staff shortages have been a problem for years in the province's long-term care homes, particularly in private institutions. Even before the crisis, he said, the province had been working on a funding agreement that would have raised the wages of personal care attendants and other workers at private long-term care institutions. But in the case of CHSLD Herron, he said, any suggestion of a lack of sufficient funding was "no excuse, for me." Watch: Legault talks about what he believes happened at the Herron long-term care homeQuebec Premier François Legault talks about what he believes happened at the Herron long-term care home in Dorval, where 31 patients have died in the past month.

Source: CBC News April 13, 2020 23:07 UTC