The clinic #launch has begun! Follow our #TwitterLive below ⬇️ or the Facebook love streaming - special speakers will discuss access to healthcare in the UK, their experiences as refugees and their hopes for the future #AClinicForAll
Our President @timdudderidge opens the evening “the patients that get looked after here face very challenging circumstances - with the #HostileEnvironment people are struggling to access the services they are entitled to” #AClinicForAll
.@GulwaliP author of #TheLightlessSky and co founder of @MyBrightKite talks about his personal experience fleeing Afghanistan
“I survived, I was one of the lucky ones. This is what makes me want to advocate for #refugees... when I was imprisoned as a child in Greece, it was doctors and nurses that helped us get out of the prison” .@GulwaliP #AClinicForAll
“The doctors’ job is to help patients, not being border guards. In the UK the #asylumsystem is one of disbelief ... when I was safe and secure I lost hope because of how the system treats you” @GulwaliP #AClinicForAll
Next up our trustee and volunteer #GP @khandel_light “just few months ago we had a young man from #Afghanistan who lost his parents, only 15, was taken out of school and away from foster parents because they didn’t believe he was a minor” #AClinicForAll
“I grew up trusting doctors, the hospital was a space of refuge... I was sent to prison for protesting & I was tortured, badly beaten. My health deteriorated & when I was taken to a military hospital, I started to mistrust doctors... they beat me & broke my wrist” @hassan_akkad
Our Women and Children Clinic Claire closing the speeches this evening “this strengthen us in our commitment to do more, grow, and speak out” #AClinicForAll
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