Some say that despite the high healthcare standards, they are sometimes unable to give informed consent
The Guardian
Date: 23 Jun 2018
By:Calla Wahlquist
Asylum seekers flown from Nauru to Taiwan for medical treatment have complained to
An emergency ward at a Taiwan hospital. Australia signed a deal with Taiwan in 2017 to provide medical treatment for asylum seekers detained on Nauru. Photograph: Richard Chung/Reuters
lawyers that language barriers meant they were unable to give informed consent even when the overall quality of care was good.
Australia signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan in 2017 to provide medical treatment for asylum seekers detained on Nauru, in an effort to prevent people indefinitely detained on the island from applying for a medical transfer to Australia.
The agreement was disclosed by a Taiwan representative in a letter to the Guardian last month, following a report about an Iranian woman and her son who were transferred to Taiwan so she could undertake life-saving heart surgery, and confirmed by the Australian government overnight.
Iranian refugee and son at risk of suicide returned to Nauru against medical advice
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