The Appalling Asylum Seeker Conditions

[azureline**]

This is disgraceful and I can only hope the people who are in charge fix this asap.

An asylum seeker who was moved off Nauru to give birth is being locked up for 18 hours a day in a detention centre in Brisbane while her week-old baby remains in hospital with respiratory problems.

The case of Latifa, a 31-year-old woman of the persecuted Rohingya people of Myanmar, has shocked churches and refugee advocates.

She was separated from her baby on Sunday, four days after a caesarean delivery, and has since been allowed to visit him only between 10am and 4pm in Brisbane's Mater Hospital. The boy, named Farus, has respiratory problems and needs round-the-clock medical care.

Latifa is confined to the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation, 20 minutes away, where her husband and two children, four and seven, are being held.

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Latifa's husband, Niza, is not allowed to visit the child at all, according to people in daily contact with the family.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asylum-seeker-mother-kept-from-newborn-baby-in...

[izabsmiling]

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@my*mum wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

To think it  acceptable wouldn't we have to deny that we have knowledge of all the benefits

and importance of parental/baby bonding? 

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Why is this bonding so important?

Has there been qa detrimental effect on those from past generations who did not experience this 24/7 bonding?

Are these children who have had the benefit of bonding somehow better than their predecessors?

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We could just have another National Apology day to make it right ?

[*elizabeths-mum*]

We only managed 3 children in 9 years, azure, and didn't use contraception for quite a few of those years. Some people aren't good breeders.

[azureline**]

I understand that............. it doesn't mean that this lady did anything wrong or was infertile or too fertile..............

[polksaladallie]

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@poddster wrote:

There is also the matter of hospital rules they too must be observed yet you question that too.

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What are the hospital rules at the Mater?

[azureline**]

I think what it comes down to, is, there is no reason for the mum not to be allowed to be at the hospital more, no reason she shouldn't be there, in case anything changes in his condition, no reason the dad and siblings shouldn't see him either.

[polksaladallie]

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:
If my child was in a mental health unit I wouldn't be able to be with them for hours on end and certainly not overnight.

Even though I know bonding is important. I think it is demeaning to adoptive and foster parents to carry on as if a relationship can't be formed without contact in those early weeks. The situation is that the asylum claim hasn't been processed and the family shouldn't be given the freedoms of an Australian citizen until it is, hard as it is.

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Name one newborn baby in a mental health unit.

[azureline**]

The Mater NICU, I guess they think bonding is important?

If your baby is born very premature, is sick or requires close observation, they will be admitted to the Neonatal Critical Care Unit where they will receive specialised medical and nursing care.

This unit consists of intensive care and special care nurseries and is situated on level 6 of Mater Mothers’.

Throughout your baby's stay any treatment required will be explained to you.

You will be encouraged to be involved in your baby's care wherever possible as this helps to establish and strengthen your bond with them.

[polksaladallie]

This precious baby is now "home" with his mother and father.

[polksaladallie]

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@azureline** wrote:

The Mater NICU, I guess they think bonding is important?

If your baby is born very premature, is sick or requires close observation, they will be admitted to the Neonatal Critical Care Unit where they will receive specialised medical and nursing care.

This unit consists of intensive care and special care nurseries and is situated on level 6 of Mater Mothers’.

Throughout your baby's stay any treatment required will be explained to you.

You will be encouraged to be involved in your baby's care wherever possible as this helps to establish and strengthen your bond with them.

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Even in ICU this contact is encouraged.  But the baby we are discussing wouldn't have been in ICU, (there are different levels of care nurseries) so there would be no reason to prevent the mother from being there, except political cruelty.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@azureline** wrote:

The Mater NICU, I guess they think bonding is important?

If your baby is born very premature, is sick or requires close observation, they will be admitted to the Neonatal Critical Care Unit where they will receive specialised medical and nursing care.

This unit consists of intensive care and special care nurseries and is situated on level 6 of Mater Mothers’.

Throughout your baby's stay any treatment required will be explained to you.

You will be encouraged to be involved in your baby's care wherever possible as this helps to establish and strengthen your bond with them.

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I bet it's all trumped up emotive rhetoric to get the mother to take over what staff used to do in order to minimize staff costs. it also helps shorten admission times as mum gets comfortable more quickly with doing what needs to be done for bubs.