AMA Forum - Health Care for Asylum Seekers – The right thing to do

The AMA is hosting a Forum in Sydney this Sunday to discuss the health care of asylum seekers, with a focus on the mental and physical harms caused by immigration detention, especially for children.

The AMA has consistently called for the immediate removal of infants and children from immigration detention centres, and for all asylum seekers to have access to quality health care.

The AMA has also advocated for an independent panel of medical experts to oversee and report on the health of asylum seekers in onshore and offshore detention.

The AMA Forum will be attended by doctors, nurses, and other health workers with experience in and/or an interest in the provision of proper health care and a healthy living environment for asylum seekers.

Speakers include:

·         Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM, Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health;

·         Ms Alanna Maycock, Paediatric Nurse;

·         Professor David Isaacs, Clinical Professor, Paediatrics and Child Health; and

·         Professor Brian Owler, AMA President, neurosurgeon.

AMA Forum Doorstop:

Professor Owler and other speakers will be available to talk to the media at the conclusion of the Forum.

Time:               1.00pm

Date:               Sunday, 21 February 2016

Venue:             Entrance

                        SMC Conference Centre

                        66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

17 February 2016

CONTACT:        John Flannery                     02 6270 5477 / 0419 494 761