Dear gods, we can't lose another one
Sep. 18th, 2016 12:08 pmNauru refugee denied emergency evacuation after suspected heart attack (GA, 18 September 2016) "He definitely has acute and unstable coronary syndrome. His results are also consistent with having suffered a myocardial infarction [heart attack]. In any Australian tertiary hospital he would be taken to emergency and admitted immediately, and would receive a cardiac angiogram within 24 hours."
Can we please get this guy and his sons to Australia, or to anywhere he can receive life-saving treatment? Have a quick read of the article, then contact:
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton
You can say something like "I was deeply concerned to read the report on the Guardian Australia Web site today about..."
ETA: A few more details: Refugee waits for 'urgent' evacuation from Nauru three weeks after suspected heart attack (SMH, 18 September 2016) The man is 42 and his sons are only 12 and 13; one is mentally ill.
Can we please get this guy and his sons to Australia, or to anywhere he can receive life-saving treatment? Have a quick read of the article, then contact:
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton
You can say something like "I was deeply concerned to read the report on the Guardian Australia Web site today about..."
ETA: A few more details: Refugee waits for 'urgent' evacuation from Nauru three weeks after suspected heart attack (SMH, 18 September 2016) The man is 42 and his sons are only 12 and 13; one is mentally ill.