But a shortage of N95s has been an issue in many places across the country. He points the finger of blame mainly at the Ontario government.
"For 17 years, the gold standard of mask has been the N95 masks," he said. "And due to a global shortage or difficulty obtaining proper PPE, all of a sudden surgical masks are OK protection."įraser said his members don't want to work with anything less than N95s and don't believe they'd be asked to do so were it not for preventable shortages. Just take a look at the nation's capital. Thirty out of some 600 Ottawa paramedics are currently reassigned from front-line duties because of a lack of N95 masks, according to their union.ĬUPE ambulance rep Jason Fraser told CBC News that when he began as a paramedic during the SARS epidemic in 2003, he and his co-workers were fitted out with state-of-the-art respirators. Analysis There's no quick post-pandemic fix for Canada's long-term care facilities, say experts
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