Health
Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’ – Michael West News
Onus is on each home to devise their own plan, ensure staff are trained and to stockpile enough protective equipment. Hardly a national plan!
For the past week or so, accusations have been flying back and forth about whether a clear national plan has been in place to prevent older people in aged care homes dying from COVID-19.
Dr Brendan Murphy, the secretary of the Department of Health, told the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on Wednesday:
“We reject categorically that the Australian government failed to adequately plan and prepare.”
With more than 200 residents having already died prematurely of Covid-19 in …
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