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Miklos Bolza

Newmarch COVID response 'appallingly bad'

Mary Watson (pictured) said her mother had to drink out of a bathroom tap at Newmarch House. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Management at Newmarch House lacked care and empathy in its response to a deadly COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, an inquest has been told.

Lloyd Sullivan appeared by video link in Lidcombe Coroners Court on Wednesday to detail what happened to his wife and Newmarch resident Margaret Sullivan who died aged 71 on May 11, 2020 after contracting COVID-19.

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