Collected Item: “Renfrew paramedics 'shocked' after discovering non-medical masks in supply”
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Renfrew paramedics 'shocked' after discovering non-medical masks in supply
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news article
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News story about non-medical masks discovered amongst the supply provided to Renfrew County paramedics and the resulting need for extensive Covid-19 testing of paramedics and those who had used the ambulance service during the period when the masks were in circulation. The incident serves as an example of the trust that equipment, even when it is available, will protect workers and the public being broken.
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health care, masks, supply chain, frontline
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/we-were-let-down-renfrew-paramedic-service-investigating-bad-mask-supply-1.5606036?cmp=rss
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Amanda Pfeffer, CBC News Ottawa
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2020-06-11