Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has praised the work of Queensland’s Care Army and the Queensland Police Service in coming to the aid of an 80-year-old woman who broke her hip and was unable to move in her home for more than four days.
Erika Freingruber, who lives alone in her Beaudesert house and has no immediate family, had registered for assistance with the Care Army during COVID-19. A member of the Care Army team raised concerns with Beaudesert police on April 23 after not being able to contact her.
The officers attended Erika’s address and could hear her faintly calling out for help.
They forced entry to the residence and located her incapacitated on the floor. Police comforted Erika and administered fluids until paramedics arrived.
Erika had broken her hip after falling over several days earlier and was unable to get assistance.
As all of the doctors who treated Erika in hospital told her, she was
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