Below is an interview with a nurse, Dan, who during the COVID emergency powers in Australia, was involved, as he puts it; "a crime" against a young unvaccinated girl to obtain a PCR test. The child was held down and swabbed, with stern words said. Dan remained unvaccinatedand left his job. He is the first Australian emergency worker to describe these "crimes."
Michael Gray Griffith (MGG): Ok this is a killer story tell us this. Go from the beginning.
Dan: So we had a young female that was admitted to our ward. She was roughly three-four years old. The mother hadn't --
MGG: What was she admitted for?
Dan: She was admitted for respiratory symptoms, so we were trying to ascertain whether she had covid. She had flu-like symptoms – cough, runny nose, fever, decreased oral intake, irritability. And so we gathered that the mother hadn't had the child vaccinated for anything. And at that time -
MGG: And what did you think of that then?
Dan: Well I guess through my education, through the university system, it was encouraged that patients should be up to date with their vaccinations. Even nurses, because we were required to have up to date vaccinations every year. And I remember when I heard that she hadn't had any vaccinations, my default thinking at the time was like 'this mother's a bad parent, she obviously is not thinking of the welfare of her daughter.'
And we had to conduct a PCR test on the child, and the mother stated that she didn't want that. And again, I was in charge on that shift and I was standing outside between her room – I was standing basically in the doorframe. And there was another two nurses in there that were gowned up and they said, you know, were trying to show the mother.
Sorry Michael I'll do that again
[puts hand up to face in emotion]
MGG: No just keep going, just take your time. It's only because it's painful to come out.
Dan: So the mother was giving us reasons as to why she didn't want her daughter to have these PCR tests conducted on her. And I said to the mother [Ed. - Dan indicates the words were forceful] 'look I'm in charge, there's a public health other, this PCR test will ascertain whether your daughter is covid positive, and whether we –
[stops monologue with hand to face, looks down]
'whether we hold your daughter down we're going to…we're going to get these results either way whether you do it voluntarily or whether we force it.' And so, the mother, released the embrace on the child and my colleagues went up -
[begins crying]
they held her head and they put a PCR test in each nostril and the child screamed, and the mother just – the natural instinct she grabbed the child again and screamed 'just get out! Just get out of the room!'
[begins weeping with hand to face]
And then I knew within me I was like 'what are we doing? These are children and we're supposed to be health care workers that are supposed to be entrusted by the public and not commit what I see now as these crimes.'
[uses tissue to wipe tears]
[3m 54s]
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3. In his words: Dan answers EDAU questions via email
In the interest of due diligence, Dan has provided a photo for EDAU readers to reassure everyone that yes, it is he who is answering the questions! With his consent, I have included the photo here (I had to flip around the photo in Paint because it came to me with the writing mirrored but other than that the photo is unaltered).
EDAU: During Emergency powers, was restraining reluctant people for PCR swabs/other tests/injections official hospital protocol as per health orders? If so, did this protocol exist on paper/email or verbally ordered by management?
EDAU: Did restraining people for PCR (etc. as above) happen multiple times or was the incident with the child a one off? (Either with you or others in your hospital during Emergency powers?)
Dan:
I felt really ashamed of what had occurred with that young girl on the ward I was employed in. As I mentioned, we only restrain children, if necessary, such as when inserting a nasogastric tube or to conduct a nasopharyngeal aspiration, conducting intravenous blood collection. All these procedures are uncomfortable and invasive, in all situations the parent/s would verbally consent, after nurse/s or doctor/s had explained the pros and cons of the intervention/s.
As I have worked in Emergency Nursing, I have had to care for patients admitted for altered mental health condition/s. In many situations patients would be compliant in their behaviour prior to, or after being assessed. Some patients though, can become a risk to themselves, as well as other patients, their family in attendance, or towards to nursing and medical personnel within the emergency department.
We do have policy directives in place if agitated or aggressive behaviour escalates. Overall, the nursing staff as well as hospital security would be in attendance for physical and chemical restraint. An intramuscular injection of a sedative would be administered, and then the patient would then become relaxed and vital signs observations would be documented frequently, to assess that patient remained stable, especially with Respiratory Rate, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure, Glasgow Coma Scale.
As well as this, a log would be documented in a booklet, that noted: date, time, number of personnel needed to physically restrain, chemical as well as physical restraint applied, and duration of restraint.
In the context of this young child, I personally observed this to be an isolated incident on our ward, regarding conduction of PCR testing. I remember that if a child was admitted with either "flu-like symptoms," had abnormal vital signs measurements, or was residing in a "hot-spot local government area," then PCR tests would only be conducted in Emergency Department. PCR testing results would approximately take one hour, and if the test was negative, then the child could be transferred to ward, for treatment for possible Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bronchiolitis, Asthma etc. It would have been possible in the situation with this child, either the child did not exhibit symptoms prior to transfer, or the staff in Emergency Department did not conduct the swab prior to transfer.
I was not aware of any official hospital protocol on paper or email, I just understand through my work, that in many situations it was implied verbal consent, unless as I stated above, it was a mental health patient who behaviour posed a threat to themselves or others.
As Paediatric Nurses prior to Covid-19, we would often conduct bacterial or viral swabs on children, both oral and nasal, but with nasal, not as invasive as PCR swab was.
I was deployed back to Emergency several times in 2021, possibly 2-3 in the course of the last six months or employment. I never conducted the PCR testing as I was verbally told that a nurse had to be "fully-vaccinated" to conduct the testing. I verbally told the Paediatric Nurses working on those shifts, that I was not vaccinated, as I was awaiting for my non-existent "booking" with General Practitioner for Covid-19 vaccine. I do remember observing the nurses who I was working alongside on those several shifts in Emergency Department, always accompanied with a parent, walk into a side room with the child, to perform the test. I only observed one nurse, accompanied by the parent, so I assumed that the parent would assist the nurse in restraining the child. I assume that it would not have been uncommon though if a second nursing or medical personnel assisted in restraint for other admissions, but I never saw this personally for PCR testing, only for blood collection, administration of bronchodilators etc. Restraint may have possibly been documented in nursing or medical clinical documentation, but nothing that I can recall that documented this from the hospital or state health organisation in policy directives.
EDAU: When you were working in your hospital during Emergency powers, did you see any 'new employees' or personnel suddenly appear, or did your co-employees make any remarks about 'new employees' that looked like they were from the ADF in uniform or out of uniform?
Dan:
I didn't see any new employees or personnel in my ward, because we only had 3, maximum 4 nurses on any of the three daily shift changes, although I am in the Emergency Department, I cannot be fully certain, as I was only working in a secluded area of Emergency Department at that time, and it was difficult to differentiate, as all nursing and medical personnel were in full Personal Protective Equipment. I do recall on deployment to Emergency Department, my former colleagues were only able to recognise me after I spoke, so it could have been plausible that there were non-regular staff that could have been working there.
I do keep in contact with a reliable, terminated nurse who worked in management in another hospital in the state, who verbally told me that the Director of Nursing in her hospital, was considering contacting the army to assist in some capacity of the need arose.
EDAU: Did you come across any documents that looked military in nature? Either on paper or via email?
Dan:
I did not come across any documents that looked military in nature.
(EDAU – here Dan gives some extra insight into the level of fear in the hospitals).
Dan:
Psychologically, I felt as mainstream media or government advice became more fear-driven, it increasingly created confusion and paranoia among my former colleagues. Even though they were "fully vaccinated," I felt they became paranoid that anyone of them could be asymptomatically infectious. I cannot fully describe the atmosphere but being enclosed in a workplace environment that is possibly harbouring this supposed deadly virus for 8, 10, 16-hour shifts would compound the fear of transmission.
4. Second interview: Dan apologises to the little girl, and to Australia
This is a follow-up interview with
of Café Locked Out where Dan discusses a wide range of topics including his nursing history, vaccination, vaccine injuries, trauma, nursing in Australia during Emergency powers, and personal reflections.
Critically, Dan offers a direct apology to the girl and her mother for what he did.
Dan also apologises to Australia.
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Michael Gray Griffith: Is there anything else you'd like to get off your chest Dan while you're here?
Dan: Well I know that I wouldn't be able to make contact, but I really feel sorry to that mother and daughter that went through that traumatic experience. On behalf of my colleagues, I feel sorry for Australia and what we've all put you through.
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