Almost 6,000 doctors sign letter to PM demanding children be taken off Nauru

Australian GPs lambast ‘deliberate government policy which is causing the pain and suffering of these children’

Australian doctors are ramping up their campaign to have children in detention immediately removed from Nauru.

Australian Medical Association paediatric representative Dr Paul Bauert, who has treated patients on Nauru, said it was an “unconscionable” situation that could be easily avoided.

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