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Long COVID Patients Say WorkSafeBC Is Making Life Worse

Published March 11, 2024

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Published by: The Tyee
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By Brishti Basu

Maryanne Andrew has been getting sicker and sicker since she caught COVID-19 in January 2022 while working in a Campbell River school.

And instead of helping, she says, WorkSafeBC’s attempts to require her to go back to work have made her symptoms worse.

Andrew is among more than two million Canadians still suffering from long-term COVID symptoms as of last summer, according to a Statistics Canada survey, which also found about half of the patients reported not seeing any improvements in their condition over time.

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Topic: United KingdomView all posts for the topic: United Kingdom

Long Covid: Health staff go to court for compensation

Published March 6, 2024

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Published by: BBC
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By Catherine Burns

Nearly 70 healthcare workers with long Covid have taken their fight to the High Court to try to sue the NHS and other employers for compensation.

The staff, from England and Wales, believe they first caught Covid at work during the pandemic and say they were not properly protected from the virus.

Many of them say they are left with life-changing disabilities and are likely to lose income as a result.

The Department of Health said “there are lessons to be learnt” from Covid.

The group believe they were not provided with adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) at work, which includes eye protection, gloves, gowns and aprons.

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‘The NHS sold out its staff’: Doctors whose lives were devastated by long COVID to sue health service

Published January 25, 2024

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Published by: Sky News
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By Lara Keay

Hundreds of doctors are planning to sue the NHS over claims inadequate PPE on the frontline has left them with long COVID, disabled, and in financial ruin.

Dr Kelly Fearnley, 37, was working on a COVID ward at Bradford Royal Infirmary in November 2020 when she caught coronavirus.

More than three years later, the effects of long COVID mean she is still unable to work. After episodes of violent shakes, hallucinations, and a resting heart rate more than double the average, she was diagnosed with limbic encephalitis – inflammation of parts of the brain.

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Camp operator penalized $206,000 after B.C. worker found dead of COVID-19

Published January 2, 2024

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Published by: Prince George Citizen
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By Stefan Labbé

An industrial camp operator has been fined over $200,000 for failing to implement COVID-19 safety measures after a worker died of the virus in their Dawson Creek, B.C., room.

The WorkSafeBC fine, handed down in September 2023 but released to the public last week, penalizes Horizon North Camp & Catering & Dexterra Group Inc. $206,346.90 for failing to implement a number of procedures.

Those include failing to enforce physical distancing, temperature checks, reporting symptoms, isolating workers and seeking medical attention.

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Arizonans can now receive workers comp benefits for getting Covid-19 on the job

Published September 23, 2023

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Published by: KVOA
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By Gabrielle Parish

In a groundbreaking development, Arizonans can now apply for worker’s compensation if they contract COVID-19 while on the job. This landmark decision stems from a widow’s determined fight to secure worker’s compensation following her husband’s tragic demise due to COVID-19.

Court documents unequivocally state that if someone contracts COVID-19 at their workplace, they are entitled to file for worker’s compensation. An essential detail to note is that if a worker succumbs to the virus, their next of kin will receive financial support.

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B.C. politicians vote against lifting vaccine mandate for health-care workers

Published September 22, 2023

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Published by: Global News
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By Amy Judd, Richard Zussman

A vote was held at the Union of B.C. Municipalities this week about the mandate requiring health-care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Masks are out at In-N-Out after burger chain bans employees from wearing them in 5 states

Published July 19, 2023

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Published by: The Associatad Press
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By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

The In-N-Out burger chain will bar employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor’s note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media.

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Almonte hospital workers file grievance to access N95 masks

Published August 30, 2020

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Published by: Ottawa Citizen
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By Andrew Duffy

One of the country’s top arbitrators has been asked to settle a pandemic-related grievance filed by Almonte General Hospital health care workers, who want N95 respirators made available to them.

The hospital now issues N95 masks only to staff involved in aerosol-generating medical procedures, such as intubations.

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