‘Mortifying’ drop off in telehealth consults leaving GPs at risk of COVID-19
Chair of the RACGP's NSW faculty Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe warns against complacency
The infection of two GPs with SARS-CoV-2 is being described as a “cautionary tale” for doctors not to be complacent about COVID-19 testing or infection control.
A cluster linked to the A2Z Medical Centre in Sydney has now grown to 16 cases, with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warning the state is on the verge of returning to July’s infection levels.
The GP cases have been linked to a patient who also attended another GP practice on the same street and the Lakemba Radiology medical imaging centre across the road.
It remains unclear what PPE, if any, were being used by the GPs during the consults.
