Queensland backs down and allows brain cancer patient operated on by Charlie Teo to self-isolate at home after his wife broke down in tears live on the Today Show while in hotel quarantine

The Queensland government has finally backed down and has allowed a cancer patient to self-isolate at home after a wife broken down in tears on the Today Show while filming a live cross from hotel quarantine.  

Wendy Child fought back tears as she begged for permission for the pair to skip the mandatory two-week hotel quarantine in Brisbane on Friday. 

Ms Child has been holed up in the room and looking after her husband Gary Ralph following radical brain surgery by Dr Charlie Teo in Sydney.  

'The Queensland government has affected mine and Gary's mental health greatly,' she told the Today Show.

'I'm more concerned about his than mine because he needs all his physical and mental strength to do the treatment.' 

Ms Child repeatedly appeared in the media throughout the week to campaign for an exemption before it was finally approved. 

'This morning I have said that he can quarantine at home,' Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young confirmed.

Wendy Child fought back tears as she begged for permission for the pair to return to their Brisbane home on Friday

Ms Child has been holed up in the room and looking after her husband Gary Ralph following radical brain surgery by Dr Charlie Teo in Sydney

'There are a few conditions on that, I have asked for an urgent COVID test to be done on him and his partner this morning - we are waiting on those results.

'If those are negative then we've organised an Ambulance to assist him.' 

Ms Child and Mr Ralph flew back to Brisbane following the successful brain surgery and were hoping to quarantine at home rather than a hotel room. 

Mr Ralph is unable to properly see, talk or walk. He was previously only granted permission to leave his room to receive chemotherapy.   

His cancer is terminal and he will eventually die from the disease. 

Ms Child has previously said she wanted her husband to spend his remaining days at his home. 

'It is life and death, it's not a joke, it's not a person wanting to play football in another state, which apparently that's okay,' Ms Child told A Current Affairs. 

Mr Ralph's condition has been deteriorating and his brain tumour was so aggressive that doctors in Brisbane told the couple it was inoperable.

Renowned surgeon Dr Charlie Teo agreed to operate on Mr Ralph in Sydney but made a shocking discovery.

Renowned surgeon Dr Charlie Teo agreed to operate on Mr Ralph in Sydney but made a shocking discovery

Mr Ralph (stitches from his operation pictured) will be forced to travel to his chemotherapy appointments from hotel quarantine

The surgery uncovered multiple tumours on Mr Ralph's brain and required a radical procedure that took away his ability to speak. 

Dr Teo wrote a letter of support for the couple to enter Queensland and said Mr Ralph's need for home quarantine was 'imperative'. 

He explained they 'absolutely cannot sit in a hotel room for two weeks' and Mr Ralph's prognosis would be better the earlier he started chemotherapy.