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Ten staff members posed as fake patients at a regional hospital to pretend it was busier during a visit from the health minister.
An investigation by the Health Department confirmed Colac Area Health had healthy staff registered as patients in the Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) when Victoria's Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas visited on August 9, 2023.
An investigation into the saga confirmed that some medical staff were sitting in the waiting room while others were in beds, meanwhile one occupied a trolley in the back corridor.
At least one staff member also arrived by ambulance and was triaged despite not requiring medical treatment.
It was found that there was a real possibility patient care could have been impacted but material resources were not found to have been diverted away from genuine demand at the time.
Ten staff members posed as fake patients at a regional hospital to pretend it was busier during a visit from the health minister
The Department of Health published the findings in a report which was sighted by Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday morning.
'The Investigator was satisfied on the basis of the available information that each of those actions were taken in order to make it appear to the Minister that the UCC was busier than it
