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Coronavirus: union defends staff of Sydney aged care home after ‘most’ call in sick
Staff at BaptistCare’s Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park were afraid of endangering own family in wake of outbreak
Calla Wahlquist
Thu 5 Mar 2020 05.35 GMT
Last modified on Thu 5 Mar 2020 05.43 GMT
Most of the staff at a Sydney aged care home at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak did not turn up to work on Wednesday night because they were concerned about endangering their own family members, the union representing aged care workers has said.
BaptistCare, which runs the Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park, refused to comment when asked if a number of staff had failed to turn up to their shift after news broke of a Covid-19 outbreak at the facility.
But the Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes said the union had been told by staff at the facility that “most” of the workers rostered to work on Wednesday night had called in sick and the shift was covered by a work hire agency.
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Coronavirus: union defends staff of Sydney aged care home after ‘most’ call in sick
Staff at BaptistCare’s Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park were afraid of endangering own family in wake of outbreak
Calla Wahlquist
Thu 5 Mar 2020 05.35 GMT
Last modified on Thu 5 Mar 2020 05.43 GMT
Most of the staff at a Sydney aged care home at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak did not turn up to work on Wednesday night because they were concerned about endangering their own family members, the union representing aged care workers has said.
BaptistCare, which runs the Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park, refused to comment when asked if a number of staff had failed to turn up to their shift after news broke of a Covid-19 outbreak at the facility.
But the Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes said the union had been told by staff at the facility that “most” of the workers rostered to work on Wednesday night had called in sick and the shift was covered by a work hire agency.
Coronavirus: containment is now 'unlikely', says NSW health minister
Read more
Residents at the aged care centre have been confined to their rooms and employees have been told to stay home and self-isolate if they show any symptoms, as health authorities struggle to contain the virus...
