Doctors campaign for the removal of children and their families from Nauru The #doctorsforasylumseekers campaign has seen doctors and peak medical bodies, including the RACGP, join together to call for the Federal Government to do what they believe is right.
Children in detention on Nauru are suicidal: Human rights advocate Children on Nauru have ‘lost hope’ after five years in detention, Director of Legal Advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre told the UN Human Rights Council.
What is resignation syndrome and why is it affecting refugee children? Professor of psychiatry Louise Newman examines resignation syndrome and its impact on children in detention.
Urgent call from GPs for healthcare standards boost on Manus and Nauru Dr Kate Walker, Chair of the RACGP Refugee Health Specific Interests network, and former Christmas Island GP Dr Ai-Lene Chan question the quality of asylum seeker healthcare in the wake of the preventable death of an Iranian asylum seeker on Manus Island.
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs at last has a new Chief Medical Officer The Department of Home Affairs has appointed a rural GP as its new Chief Medical Officer and Surgeon General.
Sydney GP ‘elated’ by news refugee dying on Nauru is receiving care in Australia Dr Sara Townend, who started a petition to bring an Afghani Hazara refugee on Nauru to Australia to receive palliative care, told newsGP she is grateful the Federal Government has flown him to Brisbane over the weekend.
A GP’s petition for dying refugee on Nauru receives huge swell of support Sydney GP Dr Sara Townend felt moved to take action when she discovered that a refugee on Nauru is facing a lonely death if he continues to be denied access to proper palliative care in Australia.
Department of Home Affairs needs doctor as Chief Medical Officer: RACGP President The fact a non-doctor has been acting as the Department of Home Affairs’ Chief Medical Officer since October 2017 is untenable and neglects the health and safety of asylum seeker and refugee patients, RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel told newsGP.
Problem cases, red tape and detention fatigue: A GP on Nauru New South Wales GP Dr Nick Martin tells newsGP about his time as a senior medical officer on Nauru, where he battled as much bureaucracy as he did patient illness in a situation he fears may be endangering lives.