Doctors are warning the federal government will have blood on its hands if it doesn't evacuate a critically ill asylum seeker from Manus Island to Australia for urgent medical care.
Friday marks the 100th day of Mohammad Albederee's hunger strike protesting against a lack of medical treatment for kidney and shoulder problems, after an alleged assault by guards at the detention centre last year.
"He needs to be out of that environment and needs to be in a hospital where his urine output, blood pressure, weight are consistently measured," Dr Barri Phatarfod, from Doctors for Refugees, told AAP.
"If the government won't authorise him to come out to Australia and be cared for, and if he passes away, then the government has got blood on its hands."
Mr Albederee's condition has deteriorated significantly in the past three months and he spends hours vomiting when he tries to ingest food or drink.
It's believed the 31-year-old Iraqi has lost 21 kilograms.
Dr Phatarfod, who is familiar with the asylum seeker's case, said removing him from detention centre was the best way to improve negotiations to get him to eat.
Mr Albederee was reportedly flown to Port Moresby in mid-June for x-rays and a MRI but instead of being kept in a hospital he was put in a hotel room and guarded for 12 days.
Asylum seeker advocate and SA Democrat, Jeanie Walker, said Mr Albederee began his hunger strike after he refused to sign a document absolving Wilson Security of responsibility for his condition.
She spoke to Mr Albederee on Thursday and says he's in a bad way.
He was staying in his room while other detainees and detention centre staff bombarded him with pleas to eat and drink, she said.
"He can't cope with it, he's too fragile," she added.
Ms Walker says Mr Albederee needs a kidney removed and a neurologist to treat his shoulder damage, but the hospital facilities on Manus Island and Port Moresby don't have the resources and equipment to deal with his complicated medical conditions.
"All they can do is try to put a tube in his stomach, and give him fluids. There's nothing else they can do," she told AAP.
Comment has been sought from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.
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