Qspa proprietors serving many thanks to overall health care staff 1 meal at a time

As a next wave of the COVID-19 pandemic began in the slide, wellbeing care staff have been after again struggling with rising situation figures, and when there has been no true crack in getting treatment of the unwell, it was crystal clear that the prolonged hrs related with increasing hospitalizations ended up back.

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Sandy Nguyen and husband Minh Tien Duong, pictured not long ago at their nail salon and day spa in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, have aided frontline staff at the Lakeshore Typical Medical center by paying out for consider-out meals.

Minh Tien Duong and his spouse Sandy Nguyen, proprietors of Qspa in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, explained numerous of their consumers are nurses or health professionals at the Lakeshore Normal Healthcare facility .

“I needed to do anything warm for them, specially anything with good food stuff,” said Duong, including several know him as Don.

As everyone in the group and in the hospitals was going through a time of renewed urgency, the proprietors of Qspa structured incredibly hot lunches for people doing work on the COVID-19 wards at the Lakeshore in Pointe-Claire.

“Especially ahead of Xmas we wished to do this for the medical center,” he reported. “We wanted to notify them that you danger your life to just take care of people and we want you to know we care for you much too.”

Partnering with Lovie Rivard whose Act of Really like job facilitates the arranging of donated meals to Lakeshore personnel, the pair very first despatched meals from Dollard’s common Wok Café past spring and then once again in November.

“The personnel really relished the foods. Lovie linked us with the restaurant and she is the 1 who enable us know which day and what time to provide the foodstuff so that people’s different donations did not arrive at the exact time,” stated Duong.

Duong grew up in the war several years in Vietnam and initially arrived in Toronto prior to starting to be a resident of the West Island 20 several years in the past. The couple opened Qspa 15 several years in the past and they are the mom and dad of 4 youngsters who are also encouraged to volunteer.

“When I first arrived to Canada I volunteered by heading to city corridor to distinct all the leaves,” he reported.  “. . . and I explain to my youngsters there are a good deal of issues to do in lifestyle, and that it is vital to share and to assist many others.”

When his mother, who is a dialysis individual was viewing from Toronto, the family members experienced to go to emergency at Lakeshore.

“They had been fantastic. They ended up there for us, so we want to be there for them,” Duong stated.

Family and foods are very significant to Duong and creating certain the healthcare facility workers are well-fed, primarily because many have to self-isolate from their households to preserve their possess beloved types harmless, is central to his donating.

“I like cooking. We go to a superior restaurant and I notify my little ones, that I will make this for them,” he reported, laughing.  “So when we donate I want to make confident the foodstuff is healthy, clean up and great.”

Most not too long ago, due to the fact he desired to send anything new to the nurses and physicians, he approached the house owners of Spice Bros in Dollard and despatched Indian avenue food items to the COVID ward.

“They desired to enable and following checking them out, we donated alongside one another to the hospital. We just clicked,” Duong stated.

For many, the beginning of a new yr is a time for reflection. Following being closed in the spring because of to COVID-19 actions, Qspa was equipped to continue being open up right until Quebec’s the latest shutdown.

“Yes it was far more tranquil, but I can not complain,” Duong reported.

The salon house owners now hold out in anticipation for pandemic laws to permit non-important firms to reopen.

Qspa  is found at 4230 St-Jean Blvd. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

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