‘It feels like the calm before the storm’: local MPP moonlights as nurse to fight COVID-19

Photo courtesy of MPP Natalia Kusendova

She’s fought for legislation to curb the opioid crisis.

She’s joined the fight against those committing the heinous crime of human trafficking. 

And now, Natalia Kusendova, the Progressive Conservative (PC) MPP for Mississauga Centre has returned to her roots as a nurse and joined the front-line battle against COVID-19.

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There’s a lot of fear, uncertainty and risk for those on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, and one local politician has thrown herself into the middle of it. 

Natalia Kusendova, a registered nurse, and Mississauga Centre MPP, talks about her transition from Queen’s Park to the emergency room, and how healthcare providers and the PC government are preparing for a looming wave of infection.

Published in The Pointer Mississauga on April 1, 2020