Ottawa hospitals suspend 200 unvaccinated employees and a bison gets head stuck in a car window: Top five stories this week

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories on our website this week.

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories on our website this week.

Two-hundred unvaccinated employees at three Ottawa hospitals have been suspended for violating COVID-19 vaccination policies.

CHEO, the Queensway Carleton Hospital and Bruyere Continuing Care gave employees until Oct. 15 to get two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and be fully vaccinated to help limit the spread of the virus.

On Friday, CHEO announced 47 employees were placed on unpaid leave, and could be fired in two weeks. A total of 99.3 per cent of full-time personnel and 97.6 per cent of part-time and casual personnel are immunized at CHEO.