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Live: Hotel quarantine inquiry | Nurses, returned travellers to be grilled – The Australian
A suicidal guest in hotel quarantine was accused of just wanting a cigarette by a health department staffer, according to a nurse who worked in the program.
- By Lane Sainty
- NCA NewsWire
- 24 minutes ago August 20, 2020
A suicidal guest in hotel quarantine was accused of just wanting a cigarette by a health department staffer, according to a nurse who worked in the program.
Nurse Jen, whose surname cannot be published, told the inquiry into Melbourne’s hotel quarantine program she had serious concerns about how vulnerable guests were treated while detained.
One day, she started her shift at the Parkroyal hotel at Melbo…
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