A Queensland-born daughter of a Tamil asylum seeker family has been medically evacuated from Christmas Island with suspected blood infection.
Tharnicaa Murugappan, a three-year-old child whose family has become known as the Biloela family - in reference to the Queensland town where they lived before being detained on Christmas Island - was medically evacuated on Monday and accompanied by her mother.
Family advocates said in a statement posted to Twitter the girl had been sick for about two weeks, suffering fevers, vomiting and dizziness. “I’m feeling very scared and worried for my little girl,” Tharnicaa’s mother Priya said according to the statement.BREAKING: Tharnicaa is being medically evacuated to Perth for treatment of a suspected blood infection. She was hospitalised yesterday on CI after suffering a high fever, vomiting/diarrhoea & dizziness for 10 days. Pls keep our little cockatoo in your hearts.
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