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Aged Care Company Fined $66,000 for Failing to Prevent Client Dying from Burns

This comes after 90-year-old man living in a Melbourne aged care centre passed away after suffering burns caused by a wall-mounted heater in 2021.
Aged Care Company Fined $66,000 for Failing to Prevent Client Dying from Burns
Nurses take care of a patient at a nursing home in Guadalajara, Spain, on Dec. 27, 2020. Pepe Zamora/Pool/Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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An aged care company in Melbourne has been fined $66,000 (US$43,000) after one of its residents died from burns.

On Aug. 6, Broadmeadows Magistrates Court issued a fine to Bluecross Community Care Services Group Pty Ltd after finding that the company failed to reduce or eliminate the risk of serious injury for clients.

Alfred Bui
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Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].