A grieving daughter trapped in hotel quarantine has slammed Queensland Health’s “solution” to her problem of being unable to attend her dad’s funeral.
The heartbreaking “solution” to a bitter row over the plight of the family was announced today by Queensland Health after a war of words between the Prime Minister and the Queensland Premier.
Her father’s funeral was scheduled for 2pm on Thursday but she was told in the hours leading up to the funeral that she could not attend.Sarah Caisip is desperate to leave hotel quarantine for a few hours to attend her father Bernard Prendergast’s funeral and to comfort her younger sister Isobel, 11. Picture: News Regional MediaHealth Minister Greg Hunt again urged the Queensland Premier to allow her to attend wearing a mask.
“My dad is dead and you made me fight to see him, but it was too late and now you won’t let me go to his funeral or see my devastated 11-year-old sister,” Ms Caisip said.“Now you are preventing me from going to view his body, which is a very important tradition for me, and also preventing me from going to his funeral this Thursday, even though I am in Brisbane in hotel quarantine and only a few kilometres away.
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