Frontline workers on COVID-19 ward at Sydney's Liverpool Hospital 'don't feel safe'

Staff on a COVID-19 ward at Liverpool Hospital in south-west Sydney are “afraid” to come to work, citing safety concerns, a frontline worker at the hospital has told SBS News.

“In the new COVID ward [for geriatric patients] they’ve got normal isolation rooms, but you need to remove your apron and gloves in that room with the patient. Five COVID-19 deaths are now linked to the Liverpool Hospital cluster.On Saturday, NSW Health confirmed five deaths were now linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at the hospital.

“The staff member had already received one dose of the Pfizer vaccine and was awaiting their second.” NSW records 319 new local COVID-19 cases and five deaths as another regional area prepares to enter lockdown “A lot of nurses [are] refusing to go to the COVID wards or just calling in sick, non-stop,” they said.

They also detailed an alleged incident of a COVID-positive patient trying to exit the hospital via a fire escape.

MackayIM DrKGregorevic 👆

I fully understand, we’re is safety in the work place ?

LetsRoc137 What kind of joke hospital is Liverpool Hospital? Who and to what level of standard does it run by?

Was the nurse fully vaccinated? If not, why not?

I don't blame the staff.

233.... now what is the coincidence?

How many deaths are linked to mental health issues caused by this pandemic? We have been separated from our families for 18 months with no end in sight. Depression, tears, breakdowns…parentsareimmediatefamily

And they don’t like vaccination either!

Only in NSW is the new only in America😎

I’d be scared too!

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