‘Underprepared’: aged care royal commission investigates coronavirus response

NSW Health resisted sending residents at Newmarch House to hospital in order to avoid setting a “precedent,” the aged care royal commission has heard, among evidence showing the sector was vastly unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic.
While residents at Dorothy Henderson Lodge, the first aged care facility to experience an outbreak, was able to transfer residents who tested positive to hospital, a series of emails showed a “stand-off” between federal and state health bodies on the issue.Click here to view the original article.