Locum doctor Helen Schultz told to leave Newcastle Calvary Mater assignment in ordeal over Victorian COVID-19 lockdown procedure

Simon McCarthy
Updated May 31 2021 - 12:03pm, first published May 29 2021 - 6:30pm
Psychiatrist Dr Helen Schultz says she has been left feeling "humiliated" and "devastated" after an ordeal at Newcastle's Mater hospital on Friday.
Psychiatrist Dr Helen Schultz says she has been left feeling "humiliated" and "devastated" after an ordeal at Newcastle's Mater hospital on Friday.

A Melbourne psychiatrist of more than 20 years experience has described feeling "humiliated" and "devastated" after she was abruptly escorted from her ward round at Newcastle's Calvary Mater hospital on Friday morning where she had been working as a locum.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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