{"id":112669,"date":"2021-02-13T02:46:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T02:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=112669"},"modified":"2021-02-13T02:46:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T02:46:27","slug":"andrews-stands-by-nebuliser-story-after-patient-hits-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/andrews-stands-by-nebuliser-story-after-patient-hits-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrews stands by nebuliser story after patient hits back"},"content":{"rendered":"
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has stood by his claim that a man broke rules governing quarantine when he used a nebuliser suspected of a role in the Holiday Inn coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n
At a press conference on Friday, the Premier was adamant the nebuliser was never declared by the returned traveller.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShort of barging into people\u2019s rooms multiple times a day \u2013 which, again, I think might well produce a pretty big infection control risk itself \u2013 you have got to rely on people\u2019s judgment,\u201d Mr Andrews said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Speaking from his bed in a Melbourne intensive care ward, the 38-year-old Victorian man said he declared his nebuliser to hotel quarantine staff, who also offered to source more of the medication administered by the machine.<\/p>\n
He said that the public portrayal of the situation had made him feel like a criminal.<\/p>\n
Asked about the conflicting accounts, Mr Andrews said on Saturday that the head of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria Emma Cassar would front the media to answer questions about the issue later in the day.<\/p>\n
Mr Andrews said that he did not believe he had made any inaccurate comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no advice that sees me doubt what I\u2019ve been told by CQV,\u201d Mr Andrews said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe I have said things that are inaccurate, I got the advice provided to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Andrews said he had never made a negative comment about the man who was now in hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of these issues, I\u2019m not reflecting on the person, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s fair, and that is not something I\u2019ve said today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, it is my understanding, the advice I have is that machines have been taken from people, that is the normal process.\u201d<\/p>\n
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