Quebec hospital trains nurses, creates new position after man developed fatal bedsore – CBC
Health authority says it’s working to provide improved care for people with disabilities
May 06, 2024
Quebec’s Laurentian health authority is putting in place corrective measures in the Saint-Jérôme hospital weeks after the death of Normand Meunier, who developed a severe bedsore during his four-day hospital stay in January.
The 66-year-old quadriplegic Quebec man chose assisted dying in March after developing the horrific pressure sore — where bone and muscle were exposed.
He and his partner had asked staff for a special alternating pressure mattress that didn’t arrive in time.
Since the incident, Steve Desjardins, director of nursing at the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) des Laurentides, said the hospital has been working on skill-development for wound care nurses.
“In concrete terms, we are training 26 resource nurses in our various units at the Saint-Jérôme Hospital,” said Desjardins.
