St Vincent's Hospital faces two charges after patient death
WorkSafe Victoria has charged St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited following the death of a patient in care in Fitzroy — the patient took their own life after they were admitted for treatment in the hospital’s Acute Inpatient Service area in February 2024.
For failing to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks, St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited is facing two charges under section 23(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The matter is listed for a filing hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 17 February 2026.
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