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One of the companies responsible for giving Australia s aged care home residents the coronavirus vaccine could have its contract torn up after two elderly people were given excessive doses by an untrained doctor.
Healthcare Australia gave false information to the federal government about the doctor s training.
Its chief executive, Jason Cartwright, has also stood aside, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Thursday afternoon. The company is installing new management, they are bringing in additional management, Mr Hunt said during Question Time in federal parliament.
Healthcare Australia s chairman Daren McKennay has issued a statement of apology. We apologise unreservedly to the patients and their families involved for the distress this has caused and assure the community that the error was isolated and will not be repeated, he said.