‘will Haunt Me For Life’: Nurse Suspended Over Covid Lockdown Baby Shower In Melbourne Aged Care Home Before Deadly Outbreak

Father-to-be was unaware of planned party at Epping Gardens aged care facility and stayed only five minutes, tribunal hears

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An aged care nurse who attended a baby shower at a nursing home during a Covid lockdown has been suspended, telling a tribunal the mistake “will haunt me for the rest of my life”.

Staff at the Epping Gardens aged care held a surprise baby shower in July 2020 for registered nurse Denis Baniqued and his wife, who also worked at the facility.

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