You may have read a piece from Age Health Reporter Aisha Dow last week about a cancer patient at Frankston Hospital dying in an isolation ward, awaiting a negative COVID-19 test result.

Tonight, Aisha reports that the family of Gill Rayson feel “some measure of satisfaction” after receiving an apology from Frankston Hospital.

The mother-of-two, who had terminal lung cancer, was refused a transfer to palliative care in her final hours in late March. Her children were allowed just five minutes to say their goodbyes and Mrs Rayson's mother was banned from visiting her while she was in isolation.

Gill Rayson and family

Frankston Hospital told Mrs Rayson's family that the case had since been reviewed by senior doctors and that the hospital would make changes to the way such patients were treated in future.