“We’re doing a criminal investigation because there were allegations of potential wrongdoing,” Durocher told the Star in a phone interview. Police will soon interview witnesses — from home employees to residents — and the investigation will take “weeks or months,” he added. At least five of the 31 seniors who died at the home since March 13 were infected with the coronavirus. That day, nurse Loredana Mulé got an urgent call from health authorities asking her to help at Herron. In the first rooms she entered, Mulé found trays of cold food and residents begging for water.

Source: thestar April 12, 2020 18:05 UTC