At St Basil’s aged care home in Fawkner last year, Con Velissaris was told: fend for yourself. ClayLucas stbasils covidvic agedcare coronialinquest
In the middle of the coronavirus outbreak at St Basil’s aged care home in Fawkner last year, Con Velissaris remembers one conversation vividly: a nurse told him it was now up to him to fend for himself.
Mr Velissaris, 80, was not among those witnesses, but he did give a statement to Victoria Police, who investigated the outbreak at the home for State Coroner John Cain. Mr Velissaris had moved into the home in late 2019. He was treated at Glenferrie Private Hospital after being evacuated from St Basil’s, and credits health workers at Glenferrie with saving his life.he repeatedly heard staff screaming in the halls because so many residents were dying.“Last four or five days nurses were screaming running around, so many people were dying,” he said. “People die now, they die later, everyday one of them dies.
This week, relatives gave impact statements to Judge Cain and his counsel assisting during the inquest, Peter Rozen, QC.
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