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Healthcare workers who posed arsenic fake patients during a Health Minister’s sojourn truthful their session would look busier volition person to bash counselling.
Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said 1 of the posers arrived by ambulance arsenic she delivered a study connected the incident.
It happened astatine the Colac Area Health’s urgent attraction session connected August 9 past twelvemonth and “had the imaginable to interaction diligent care”.
Ms Thomas released Department of Health Victoria findings connected Wednesday.
“It (the investigation) has confirmed that unit astatine Colac Area Health posed arsenic patients during my sojourn connected that day,” Ms Thomas said.
“These unit members were registered arsenic patients successful the urgent attraction centre registration system. Their registrations were aboriginal cancelled aft I had left.”
One fake diligent was a unit subordinate connected a trolley, the curate said, and astatine the clip she did not deliberation thing untoward was happening astatine the facility.
“I’m precise disappointed. I don’t request our wellness services to beryllium staging fake patients to cognize that our wellness strategy is facing challenges,” she said.
Ms Thomas said the radical was enlisted “by immoderate absorption unit to assistance the urgent attraction centre look busier than it really was”.
It was a substance for Colac Area Health to determine what happened to the progressive staff, Ms Thomas said.
In a statement, the Department of Health said idiosyncratic enactment had not been recommended by the investigators for those who posed arsenic patients.
“However, each unit volition beryllium counselled connected the seriousness of the substance and reminded of however they tin talk up and of their responsibilities nether their workplace agreements and the VPS (Victorian Public Sector) codification of conduct,” the section connection reads.
Ambulance Victoria is besides investigating.
Colac Area Health has been contacted for comment.
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