Despite repeated efforts by his household to permit Brendan Luxton to be exempt from resort quarantine for psychological well being causes he was denied.
Luxton’s household stated that as a result of his lengthy historical past of psychological well being points, he ought to have been excluded from this system because of the affect it will have on him.
He took his personal life the morning after he was launched.
Marita Luxton, Brendan’s sister, stated Queensland Health have been made conscious of a variety of “red flags with Brendon” that included “a triple zero call he made himself in distress”.
“I do hold Queensland Health responsible and I have no doubt if not for their failings Brendan would be alive today,” she stated.
Ms Luxton says she’s decided to proceed her hunt for solutions and is longing for a gathering with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to debate the matter.
While a coroner’s report into the dying discovered nobody particular person accountable, it did uncover a variety of errors within the dealing with of the scenario.
Queensland Health’s resort quarantine system was discovered to be “under-strain, unsophisticated and understaffed”.
The coroner revealed a military officer with no medical coaching was introduced in to assist, making calls to inspect these isolating.
But after Luxton’s dying, the officer reported that she “felt pressure from Metro North Public Health”, claiming she was instructed – when the coroner got here asking questions – that she ought to reply with “I do not recall”.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath is main requires a full-scale investigation.
“The coroner hasn’t found that any one individual is responsible for this,” D’Ath stated.
“We need to understand what was said and in what context and by who,” Shaun Dummon, Queensland Health Director-General stated.
