The Albanese Government utterly condemns the appalling video that has circulated on social media of two health workers from Bankstown Hospital.
This video is as chilling as it is vile.
The comments made in this video are sickening and totally unacceptable.
We welcome the news that those responsible for the video have been stood down from their jobs and the incident has been referred to police. We fully endorse the swift and decisive action taken by the NSW Government.
Australians have a right to feel safe wherever they go and nowhere should be safer than a hospital.
Health workers have a solemn duty to treat and heal everyone who comes before them needing help. The vast majority hold to that oath.
The idea that you would single out a particular group in our community and indicate you wouldn’t care for them runs against every single principle in our health care system.
These sort of comments – and the hatred that underpins them – have no place in our health system and no place anywhere in Australia.