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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Healthy hospital staff posed as ‘fake’ patients for Victorian minister’s visit, investigation confirms

Mary-Anne Thomas talks to media
Victoria’s health minister Mary-Anne Thomas said an investigation had confirmed allegations that staff at a Colac regional clinic had posed as fake patients during her visit last August. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Staff members at a regional hospital posed as “fake patients” to make their urgent care clinic appear busier during a visit by the Victorian health minister last year, an investigation has found.

The health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas on Wednesday told reporters an investigation into her visit to Colac area health’s urgent care clinic on 9 August 2023, had been completed and the staff would not be sanctioned.

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