Top doctor sidelined over Vic’s hotel quarantine program

Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton should have been put in charge of the scheme but two bureaucrats were appointed instead, inquiry hears
Australian Associated Press
Professor Brett Sutton.
Professor Brett Sutton.

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton requested an urgent review of the state’s hotel quarantine program after he was sidelined by bureaucrats, an inquiry has heard. 

On 9 April, Dr Finn Romanes, deputy public health commander, wrote to senior Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) staff on behalf of Professor Sutton and his deputy Dr Annaliese van Diemen.