Sunday, May 24, 2015

Doctors' association demands end to the 'inhumane' treatment of asylum seekers

Woeful healthcare standards have prompted the release of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ first position statement on asylum-seeker health

The inhumane treatment of refugees and asylum seekers by successive Australian governments must end, and doctors should not feel afraid to speak out about their treatment, the president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has said.

Nicholas Talley said woeful healthcare standards for asylum seekers had prompted the release of the college’s first position statement on refugee and asylum–seeker health.

My colleague and I who went to Nauru had nightmares for a week or two afterwards

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