‘If I had my time again, I’d insist people with COVID-19 go to hospital’

Anglicare Chief Executive admits the care needed by infected residents at a Sydney nursing home was too complex
Australian Associated Press
Anglicare Chief Executive Grant Millard
Anglicare Chief Executive Grant Millard. Photo: Fairfax

The operator of a coronavirus-hit Sydney nursing home, where 16 residents have died, admits it would have been easier if those infected at the facility had been transferred to hospital, rather than treated on-site.

But NSW Health is standing by the response to the outbreak, given numerous elderly and frail people were involved, with serious comorbidities.