By Raquel Mustillo
AN all-staff email sent by the Casterton Memorial Hospital chief executive has claimed the Mount Gambier woman’s supposed Covid-19 contact from Casterton is a “non-truth”, alleging that the woman “used Casterton as an excuse to SA Police to get through our bubble zone”.
Yesterday, South Australian chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier said the woman – who said she was visiting family in Casterton – experienced symptoms on September 26, and returned to Mount Gambier on October 1.
The email, viewed by The Border Watch and sent by hospital chief executive Owen Stephens today, said authorities understood that the 40-year-old Mount Gambier woman travelled directly from Melbourne and through Casterton.
“She has used Casterton as an excuse to SA Police to get through our bubble zone into SA,” the all-staff email says.
“We understand that the SA Premier will be providing some advice on our border restrictions later this morning.”
The Casterton Memorial Hospital confirmed that the email was sent by the chief executive officer to all-staff at the hospital.
The woman had a Covid-19 test at Mount Gambier’s drive through clinic located at the showgrounds, before going straight home where she has remained before she was transferred to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
She was released from hospital and transferred to the Tom’s Court medi-hotel in Adelaide.
Prof Spurrier said the woman has four children aged between 13 and 18, who have been tested and returned negative Covid-19 tests.
