WorkSafe Victoria alleges Heritage Care failed to properly train staff at its Epping Gardens home during 2020 outbreak
The matter is listed for a filing hearing at theIt comes after another Melbourne aged-care home where 45 people died from Covid was recently charged with nine breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
WorkSafe has alleged that St Basil’s Homes for the Aged failed to require workers to wear personal protective equipmentThe safety watchdog’s investigation into the St Basil’s aged-care home took 23 months, and involved reviewing thousands of pages of documents and multiple witness interviews, WorkSafe has said.There were 8,689 new Covid-19 cases reported in Victoria on Monday and no deaths, but 717 people were in hospital, including 30 in ICU.
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