Don’t lock residents away from their families. That was the message Prime Minister Scott Morrison and chief medical officer Brendan Murphy sent to aged care providers in an address last week. Now, aged care providers are calling on government to ...
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Nike repurposes shoes to make vital PPE for nurses, frontline workers
Sportswear giant Nike is getting into the healthcare game again, this time manufacturing face shields and respirators for local nurses short of vital PPE. As COVID-19 has torn through nations around the world, stories have emerged of chronic shortages of ...
More »PM says aged care worker lied to contact tracers, CMO accuses nurses of ‘illegal party’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused a Tasmanian aged care worker of lying about their contacts after testing positive for COVID-19. This comes in the same week as his Chief Medical Officer accused Tasmanian health workers of having an “illegal ...
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Around the world, nurses are in the thick of inconceivable conditions. Their workplaces have become warzones against a mysterious disease that has rampaged nations and ravaged lives. Daily, healthcare workers witness horrific scenes of suffering and death. So why are ...
More »EXCLUSIVE: Westmead Director of Nursing on fighting COVID-19
Kate Hackett is the Director of Nursing at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, ground zero for the treatment of COVID-19 here in Australia. Like everyone else, Hackett had seen the virus develop from afar over the summer period but could not ...
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