By Michael Boriero
With many restrictions placed in hospitals across Quebec this year due to the pandemic, the CHUS Users’ Committee at Fleurimont (CHUS) and l’Hôtel Dieu has received a lot fewer calls than normal.
“We’ve had less this year and I think partly that’s due to less people going to the hospital for emergencies, less people being able to be with their family members when they’re hospitalized,” said CHUS Users’ Committee President Josée Rourke.
However, the committee, which aims to defend people’s rights to hospital services, wants to remind people that they are still active and eager to help. It has been a full year since a meeting has been held in the hospital, Rourke said, making it difficult to get their message out.
“We do keep in touch, we do try to stay involved, we continue to get clients who call us for issues that come up,” she said.
