A healthcare worker who stayed in Melbourne's hotel quarantine program said she was taken out for exercise breaks before receiving confirmation her COVID-19 test results had come back negative.The inquiry has heard from returned travellers who described distressing experiences in hotel quarantineOne woman was upset about a lack of support after falling and fracturing her foot
Ms Ratcliff and her children flew into Australia on May 6 from Spain, and she said issues with social distancing emerged as soon as they were put on the bus to the hotel. In another incident, she said a staff member came to her hotel room to deliver chocolates for Mother's Day without wearing a mask. Mr Erasmus, who gave evidence to the inquiry with his wife Sue, said he repeatedly tried to seek help from mental health nurses but was constantly put through to different staff who were unable to help.Ron and Sue Erasmus said hotel quarantine took a mental and physical toll on them.
They said security guards had taken them and their children to the bar area for an exercise break, instead of the outdoor alleyway they normally visited.
Diversity and inclusion training does seem like the most important thing when deciding to put a parks person in charge of quarantine We are governed by imbeciles Did no-one think that maybe a public health specialist might be a good idea
Someone standing next to her child is dehumanising?
Remember all these establishments are run by Private Business. So you can expect a better solution when there is money to be made.
Add this to the long list of failures of Captian DanielAndrewsMP & his incompetent team.
Hotel inquiry to report back in November? Worksafe Vic are very quite as the regulator. Victoria Government is the primary contractor. OHS Act appears only to apply to the private sector.
Imagine how our guests in off shore detention feel!
Sooks.
'Ms Ratcliff said she was accused of being 'difficult' [...] when she refused to answer questions about her health status in protest against what she believed were failings at the hotel' Not just difficult...whiny, attention-seeking, stupid, and clearly the problem in this case.
My niece and her partner had been planning to come home for a few months after PHD and Masters study finished. Then Covid happened. They're not looking for a handout. They'll pay their dues. They'll take quarantine on the chin but they're not being given a chance.
The. Word. Returned. Traveler. Is. The. Most. Dehumanising. Part. IStillCallAustraliaHome and beg you to stop calling us “returned travelers”.
What do they think it is? A hotel?
Toughen up buttercups
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