‘People are frustrated and people are scared’: Construction worker calls for RIH Patient Care Tower site to be shut down
KAMLOOPS — Mike showed up to the Patient Care Tower construction site on Friday (Nov. 6), but many of his co-workers did not when news broke that Interior Health had declared the site at Royal Inland Hospital a COVID-19 outbreak.
Mike, a Kamloops resident working on the project, spoke to CFJC Today on the condition of anonymity, as speaking out could impact his employment.
“The organization I work for, some of them chose not to come in,” he said. “Some of them wanted to get tested, some people wanted a couple days to see if they got sick. Other people are just pure stressed.”
Interior Health is reporting seven confirmed cases related to the outbreak. Mike is quite anxious about the whole situation. He interacted with the group of drywallers that tested positive for the virus.