Doctors plead for pregnant refugee on Nauru to be moved to Australian hospital

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The government?s policies around babies born to refugee women have also led to an unusual legal sophistry. Doctors refused to discharge the baby from hospital, stating the Nauru detention centre was not a safe environment for her. The price of `stopping the boats`: abusing asylum-seekers and shaming our country | Mark Isaacs Read moreThe policy has led to extraordinary circumstances on the island for pregnant refugee women. But the Australian government has said that she must deliver her baby on Nauru, saying there are ?comprehensive? medical services on the island. The Guardian has confirmed the woman remains on Nauru, despite medical transfer flights leaving the island this week.