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Cancer patient forced to stay in CBD ‘hot hotel’ – Whitsunday Times
A man with cancer and a blood condition is living in fear of becoming infected with COVID after being housed at a “hot hotel”.
A man who has flown to Australia for an emergency cancer diagnosis and who has a depleted immune system has revealed he is being kept in one of Victoria’s “hot hotels” and fears he is at increased risk of contracting the virus.
The 56-year-old – who wished not to be identified – said he flew here from Jakarta on February 9 on recommendation of the Australian embassy and doctors, who believe he has terminal cancer.
However, rather than being flagged as a complex medical case when he arrived, he was…
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