The wife – herself a nurse - of a paramedic killed during a helicopter rescue has spoken out on the need for people in her husband’s job to get easier access to income protection and life insurance. A report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau was released last week into the death of special rescue paramedic Mick Wilson near Wollongong in December 2011.
Kellie Wilson, a nurse at Sydney Children’s Hospital at Westmead, also spoke at the International Day of Mourning in late April - the day to mark those who have died as a result of a workplace incident or occupational disease. At his funeral she had said, “It is no surprise to me that Michael courageously died laying his body on the line for his patients … He was a true hero in every sense of the word to the very end.”
Kellie Wilson RN speaking at the International Day of Mourning.
