Script

Hi, my name is Doctor Beth O’Connor and I’m a psychiatrist. I’ve spent eleven months on Nauru supporting many patients that I consider to be in life-threatening conditions.

Many have made suicide attempts and self-harmed. I have seen an increase in cases of children withdrawing into themselves, unable to respond, eat or even go to the toilet, due to the trauma they have seen in their young lives.

The situation all the refugees and asylum seekers have been in for five years, trapped on Nauru with no hope continues to traumatise them every day.

The MSF mental health team were recently kicked off Nauru which is extremely concerning. Many of the patients we have been supporting will no longer have access to an independent mental health provider which is particularly important for patients to be able to trust their doctor or psychologist.

We can no longer medically support our patients in person but our duty of care continues. So I’m asking for your help.

Please add your voice to MSF’s call for an end to indefinite offshore detention. The patients we’ve been forced to leave behind need you.

Petition link: www.change.org/MSFNauru