{"id":368,"date":"2018-04-17T19:40:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejugular.org\/?p=368"},"modified":"2018-04-17T19:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:40:41","slug":"hey-dutton-we-wont-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugular.org.au\/index.php\/2018\/04\/17\/hey-dutton-we-wont-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Dutton, We Won’t Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by RACHEL WONG<\/p>\n

Rachel co-organised the April 7th \u2018Detention Harms Health\u2019 Rally as MSAP’s Crossing Borders Officer.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u20181, 2, 3, 4, Health is a human right for all!\u2019<\/p>\n

The chants of hundreds of medical students and healthcare workers sounded in the streets of Sydney two Saturdays ago on April 7th. Across the multiple signs held up along the streets, in photos and in news articles published later that day, the words portrayed are clear: \u2018Detention Harms Health\u2019.<\/p>\n

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I have been amazed by how an idea brought up between a medical student and refugee speaker has grown into this huge campaign. The passion of medical students who have worked tirelessly between exams and hospital shifts to bring this rally to life has been inspiring. From badge and banner-making to endless Skype meetings, I have been extremely humbled by the team\u2019s tenacity to pursue what they believe in. To call out something when it is clearly not right.<\/p>\n

In a heartwarming success, news of the march reached asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru through social media, letting them know that they are heard and remembered. Attendees received heartbreaking but hopeful messages of thanks<\/a> from asylum seekers in return:<\/p>\n

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However, despite the success of the march, the sad reality is that refugees are still being harmed in detention. The sad reality is that there is still violence, abuse and death in these detention centres. The sad reality is that mainstream media wasn’t interested in the march because the story was ‘tired’. And that\u2019s why we need people to keep listening and to keep calling out the government\u2019s harmful offshore policies.<\/p>\n

AMSA Crossing Borders<\/a> is organising an MP call out and we need your help to pull it off.<\/p>\n

We are all called as future health professionals to take care of people, regardless of their background or where they come from. As the next generation of healthcare, it is vital that we take a firm stance now; to make a statement that all people have the right to a good standard of health and that we CANNOT and WILL NOT tolerate the mistreatment of refugees in detention. When policy and health are in discordance, it is our duty and privilege to stand up for the wellbeing of the disenfranchised, to act as a trusted moral compass for those in the Australian community who have been mislead and misinformed.<\/p>\n

When I ask people why they want to do medicine, they often say: \u2018so I can make a difference in the world\u2019 or \u2018so I can help people.\u2019 Well, now you can. You don\u2019t have to wait six years to make that difference.<\/p>\n

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