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Greg Hunt is discharged from hospital after the health minister was treated for a painful bacterial skin infection
- Federal health minister Greg Hunt left hospital after treatment for skin infection
- He went into St Vincents in Sydney for a bacterial infection that can be painful
- It has been confirmed the condition had nothing to do with Covid-19 vaccination
The federal health minister Greg Hunt is out of hospital following treatment for a bacterial skin infection on his leg.
Mr Hunt was hospitalised on Tuesday with cellulitis, a bacterial skin infection that appears as red and swollen skin and can be very painful.
He has thanked the staff who took care of him at St Vincent’s Public and Private Hospitals in Sydney.
Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt was hospitalised on Tuesday with an infection in his leg
‘I particularly want to thank the nurses Paru, Neave, Sushma, Miru, Tracey and Bina, as well as my doctors David and Michael,’ he said in a statement on Saturday.
Mr Hunt says he is taking a course of antibiotics and will return to parliament on Monday.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been acting health minister while Mr Hunt recovers.
Along with Department of Health secretary Brendan Murphy, Mr Hunt was among the first to receive the AstraZeneca vaccination at a Melbourne clinic on Sunday.
Officials have since confirmed the condition is not related to the Covid-19 vaccine.
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