Department Of Immigration And Border Protection Does Not Comment On Individuals Medical Situations

It has been reported the Department of Immigration and Border Protection does not comment on individuals’ medical situations. The department’s chief medical officer, Dr John Brayley, was made aware of the woman’s impending complex delivery a month ago. In subsequent correspondence sent last week, the president of Doctors for Refugees, Dr Barri Phatarfod, told Brayley: “We have discussed this case with Australian obstetric specialists who all agree that she should definitely come to Australia for the delivery, cautioning that elective breech vaginal deliveries have recently had some quite adverse outcomes in Australia and that any external cephalic version (manually turning a breech baby) attempt should only be done by experienced obstetricians in the presence of an operating theatre and team ready to proceed to immediate caesarean section and with appropriate neonatal expertise and facilities on hand.

The risks to her life, and to her baby’s life, are very significant. Phatarfod told the Guardian that the woman faced a “very complex delivery”. “The risks to her life, and to her baby’s life, are very significant,” she said. “In pregnancy, and in the delivery of babies, when things go wrong, they can go dreadfully wrong. But she can be given the best possible care very simply by being brought to Australia. Fly her to Brisbane and allow her to deliver at the Mater (hospital in Sydney) or the RBH (in Brisbane).”

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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