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Terminally ill breast cancer patient pleads with Queensland Health to do coronavirus quarantine at home
An immunocompromised, terminally ill Queensland woman is pleading for the state’s health officials to stop ignoring “specialists’ advice” and allow her to quarantine at home.
Key points:
- Lisa Laird had been receiving medical treatment for stage four breast cancer in Hong Kong
- Three specialists have recommended she complete her isolation at home
- Ms Laird’s husband says several exemption requests have been met with a “blank, generic ‘no'”
Lisa Laird, 49, who is a metastatic stage four breast cancer patient, returned to Brisbane on Christmas Eve after spending three months in Hong Kong to receive medical treatment.
Ms Laird applied for several exemptions to bypass mandatory hotel quarantine on medical grounds, with the support of three…
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