Thread by @catherinemaths

"Please, if you are reading this, tell the Australian Government that we need urgent medical care for our brother Abdi. This is his knee broken since Friday, still no medical care."

Via ManusAlert on Telegram (1/n)

"Abdi, a Somalian man, was playing soccer on the ELRTC soccer field at 6:00pm on Friday,27/7/18, when he collided with another man. Nothing has been done to help fix Abdi’s broken knee because there are not proper medical facilities to treat us."

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"He can’t sleep, can’t sit well, and no staff care about him.
Because the accident was late & the hospital has no doctor at night and because the PIH clinic is closed then too, he could not have any treatment on Friday night."

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"PIH clinic in the Lorengau camp is closed on the weekend. So, on Saturday, he went to Lorengau Hospital. He waited in the waiting area for 4 hours and nobody could give him any treatment."

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"Abdi then asked for painkillers and they gave him an injection and they told him to come back on Monday for an X-ray. They said nothing can be done until Monday and that he should go back to camp.
He came back to East Lorengau camp." #Manus (5/n)

"He was in bad pain all night Saturday, all day Sunday and now still in terrible pain and cannot sleep.
Nothing happened to help him on Sunday.
On Monday (30/7/18) PIH said he must have an X-ray at the hospital and come back and see PIH doctor." (6/n)

"PIH they told him, “We can’t help you until we get X-ray. Your problem is serious, but we can’t help u without X-ray”
Abdi did go again to the hospital to ask for an X-ray but the hospital told him the X-ray machine is broken. There is nobody on Manus to fix the machine." (7/n)

"He went back to camp, and his leg is in very terrible pain and this travelling is making it much worse. Abdi was really suffering by the time he arrived at the PIH clinic in the camp. The doctor at PIH told him that there is nothing he can do for Abdi unless he has an X-ray."

"He told the doctor, “I will stay here until you solve the problem.” The doctor told the Security Guard to force Abdi to leave and to lock the door and to not let Abdi in. After guard used forceful words, Abdi went outside and the guard locked him out."

#Manus

"Abdi cannot get any treatment from PIH until he has an X-ray. He cannot have an X-ray because X-ray machine is broken. There is nobody to fix the X-ray machine on Manus. We think maybe X-ray machine has been broken for a very long time." (10/n)

"The only treatment he has been given is 20 Panadol tablets and 10 Naproxen tablets and bandage for leg. These are not helping him. See the photos to see how badly his knee is broken."

#Manus (11/n)

"To conclude the case for Abdi there is no sleep, no rest, no walking, no shower, hard to go toilet. He must also cook his own food because there are no food services in East Lorengau Refugee Processing Centre (ELRTC). Everything here is self-service."

#Manus (12/n)

"Abdi needs urgent medical care.
This is very serious and urgent. We think it will take a very long time before PIH or ABF or Lorengau Hospital will help him, Maybe they will not ever help him."

#Manus (13/n)

"Please help our friend Abdi who is in very terrible pain. Please do what you can to get him treatment. We are worried he will lose the use of his leg and never be able to walk again."

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