Quinte Health and the Ontario Nurses Association has unveiled a permanent monument to Shannan Hickey, a nurse at Belleville General Hospital who was killed on May 21, 2024.
The monument serves as both a tribute to Shannan and as well as a message for those experiencing intimate partner violence: “ You are not alone .”
A QR code on the monument navigates to a web page on Quinte Health’s website, which explains the monument as well as provides a link to Quinte Health’s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Program.
You can read the full press release below:
On the day before what would have been her 28th birthday, family, colleagues, Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) representatives, and Quinte Health team members gathered outside Belleville General Hospital to remember Shann