Summary
One of a series of photographs taken by Museums Victoria staff photographer Ben Healley as part of a project to document the experiences of Hotel Quarantine in Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic. They captures the experience of mandatory quarantine for one family and the doctors, nurses, security personnel and hotel staff supporting and caring for them. Here nursing staff prepare to visit quarantine detainees and conduct exit Covid testing. Here the field hospital nature of these early experiences of Hotel Quarantine are apparent, a luggage trolley is repurposed to carry medical supplies from room to room.
Description of Content
Medical staff gather around a hotel luggage trolly which holds PPE and other supplies as they prepare to test patients in mandatory quarantine.
Physical Description
Born Digital Image.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Medicine & Health, Home & Community, Images & Image Making, Museum History
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Photographer
Mr Benjamin Healley - Museum Victoria, 270 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 May 2020
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Person Depicted
Thomas Waters - Department of Health, Victoria, Melbourne, 270 collins St, 14 May 2020
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Person Depicted
Priyanka Sharna - Department of Health, Victoria, Melbourne, 270 collins St, 14 May 2020
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Person Depicted
Claudia Phillips - Department of Health, Victoria, Melbourne, 270 Collins Street, 14 May 2020
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Format
Digital file, Colour
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Public Health, Isolation, Quarantine, Nurses, Doctors, Hotels, Working Life, Pandemics
