MONTREAL—A coroner hearing testimony about the situation at a suburban Montreal long−term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of the COVID−19 pandemic said Friday she was shocked at how long it took to get proper help to residents. Géhane Kamel made the comments after hearing from a nurse who arrived at Résidence Herron on April 9, 2020 with a team of a dozen nurses she’d recruited herself, nearly 10 days after regional health officials had seen the dire situation first−hand. Before then, managers at the regional health authority serving western Montreal had been helping out at the severely understaffed private long−term care home, but only a few had formal nursing training. Kamel questioned how it could have taken so long for qualified nurses to arrive at the Dorval, Que., home. “I am feeling a little appalled,” she said. “On April 9, it had been nearly 10 …