Doctors will now have more power to decide whether asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru should come to Australia for medical treatment after the passage of a medical evacuation bill through the Senate.
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Doctors to decide if asylum seekers are treated in Australia as 'medivac' bill becomes law
Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale during debate on the Medical Evacuation Bill in the Senate Source: AAP
Doctors will now have more power to decide whether asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru should come to Australia for medical treatment after the passage of a medical evacuation bill through the Senate.
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By Greg Dyett
Source: SBS
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