Things got missed’: N.W.T. premier apologizes for mother, newborn isolation experience – CBC

Jan 19, 2022

Premier Caroline Cochrane said Omicron’s spread has limited the number of safe isolation facilities

Premier Caroline Cochrane said if given the chance, she would apologize to a mother and newborn who were isolating in a government-run facility that lacked basic amenities.

“I would start by saying, ‘I’m very, very sorry for the situation that you experienced,'” she told CBC News. “And that’s not what you’d expect from our isolation units. In that case, there was an overlap in services and things got missed.”

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-premier-apologizes-mother-newborn-isolation-experience-covid-19-1.6319710

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