Winnipeg woman concerned about COVID-19 exposure after mother infected in Victoria Hospital outbreak - CBC.ca

The daughter of a woman who tested positive after a COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria General Hospital is concerned that Winnipeg's hospitals are ill-prepared to protect staff and patients from the virus. .

Last Wednesday, Bonin was told there was a COVID-19 outbreak in her mother's hospital ward and that it was closed to visitors.

"I said, 'OK, and what does that mean for me, who's been visiting for six hours a day since she's been in hospital?

Christine is among 21 patients and 19 Victoria General staff who have now tested positive for COVID-19.

They're out there doing whatever they're doing and exposing people," said Bonin.

In an email to CBC News, a Winnipeg Regional Health Authority spokesperson said the authority can't speak to individual cases, but the hospital has taken "every precaution possible.".

"As much as possible, all confirmed and suspect patients are put in private rooms," the spokesperson said.

But Bonin finds it concerning that so many patients and staff have the virus.

"Every time I phoned [the hospital, staff would] say it's crazy.