About 15 Greek families in Melbourne, who lost their loved ones, are suing St Basil’s Aged Care.

The facility are accused of negligence that resulted in its clients being infected and at least 34 of them dying.

A lawsuit has also been filed against the Epping Gardens Aged Care, owned by Greek Australians, where a number of residents also died.

The first lawsuit against St Basil’s was filed by Efi Fotiadis through Carbone Lawyers. The case is being handled by the John Karantzis, who made the indictment available to Neos Kosmos.

Ms Fotiadis’ father Dimitrios Fotiadis, 79, died on 25 July from coronavirus.

Previously the president of St Basil’s, Konstantin Kontis, had stated in Neos Kosmos, that at the time, he had pushed for the residents who tested positive to be taken to hospitals but authorities pushed back, although later they changed their position and moved them.

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Neos Kosmos asked St Basil’s for a comment regarding the lawsuits and answered that no comment would be made as the case is brought to justice.

St Basil’s foundation is wholly owned by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and in its 2019 fiscal year made revenues of $13.1 million which came entirely from subsidies from the federal government (which owns the nursing home sector).

On Wednesday, exclusive sources of Neos Kosmos confirmed that 34 people had died at St Basil’s. Stories from the aged care facility have shown errors in the handling of the crisis both by the home’s owners and the federal government’s replacement staff.

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On Friday, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison was asked why he had said, back in July, that the furloughing of all the staff from the St Basil’s home for the aged was “unprecedented” when he had received advice from federal departments saying between 80 to 100 per cent of staff may need to be furloughed. Mr Morrison said: “What I was referring to there was the immediate and without notice full removal of a workforce. And that was not a scenario that was contemplated… immediate, within hours, the whole workforce gone.”