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“I’ve been an HEU member for about 10 years. I was an Activity Worker for five years. I’m now a Rehabilitation Worker on a tertiary mental health unit.   We work hard to keep our clients safe and to help rehabilitate them back into society. Mental health …

“I’ve worked as an HEU Care Aide since 1993, same position, same hospital.   COVID-19 certainly brings heightened awareness of isolation techniques. The demands are greater; managing time and coping with the stress are a real challenge.   The vast …

“I’ve been looking forward to the vaccination because I have an underlying medical condition, a respiratory condition. I have asthma. I want to be safe for my family and for others as well.   I was surprised actually how it was so fast. I was expecting it …

“I’ll be completely honest, I woke up one morning and my mother who is one of the shop stewards at my work said, ‘you’re on the [vaccination] list, we’re going.’ And I was like, ‘alright, let’s do this.’ The vaccine is going to make our workplace safer …

As a lab assistant at Chilliwack General Hospital, Menuka (Menu) Prasad collects various samples from around the hospital, brings them back to the lab for processing, or forwards them to technicians or off-site for analysis. She also does …

“My role as a medical laboratory assistant is critical because we ensure that a doctor can diagnose a patient in a timely manner. We do a lot of blood work and electro cardiograms all around the hospital, including with COVID patients. Dealing with COVID …

“Our department supplies the sterile equipment that's needed in the operating room (OR) and other areas of the hospital. The OR sends their reusable instruments to us, and we collect equipment from the rest of the hospital to process and distribute. The …

“In residential care our number one priority is looking after the residents and making sure all their needs are met. From getting them out of bed and fed, to helping with hair. We make sure they’re comfortable. We spend time with residents and get them …

“Lately I’ve been thinking that putting on our masks and gloves every day, it’s like we’re going to war. It’s like a war against this disease. I go onto the COVID floor and overall, I wear a lot more PPE now. There’s now masks, more handwashing, and I …

“I'm a single mom and when COVID started I was afraid to bring it home to my son. When I came home from work, my shoes would stay outside, all my clothes would go straight into the washing machine. I would shower and wipe down everything I touched. My son …