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Grieving families angry at Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission over perceived inaction during coronavirus pandemic – ABC News
More than 200 Victorian nursing homes have had coronavirus outbreaks, claiming the lives of more than 600 people, yet the Government regulator isn’t investigating — in fact, it hasn’t even visited most of the facilities.
For Sandra Morris, the death of her father from coronavirus is not the worst of it. It was the days before he died that haunt her.
Key points:
- More than 4000 aged care residents and staff have been infected with coronavirus, leading to 657 deaths
- The aged care regulator has visited just 13 per cent of nursing homes with outbreaks
- Fewer than 10 per cent of homes with outbreaks have been sanctioned by the regulator since the beginning of the pandemic
“It came t…
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