Breast Cancer Network Australia CEO Kirsten Pilatti says hospitals need to review their policies to provide appropriate palliative care while also dealing with COVID patients.
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One of the results of the COVID pandemic, particularly in Melbourne, is people are scared and hesitant to admit loved ones to hospital for fear they won’t be able to say goodbye. Further, for those dying in hospital, they are having to suffer through the last days of their lives alone.
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