{"id":172,"date":"2017-09-06T04:38:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/?p=172"},"modified":"2017-09-06T04:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:38:05","slug":"providing-support-to-the-survivors-of-the-grenfell-tower-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2017\/09\/06\/providing-support-to-the-survivors-of-the-grenfell-tower-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Providing support to the survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-173 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/files\/2017\/09\/Paquita-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Volunteer doctors and lawyers providing support to survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster have spoken of residents who escaped from the fire but remain, they believe, too frightened to seek medical and legal help for fear of being reported to the Home Office because of their irregular immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Paquita de Zulueta, a London GP and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London who has been volunteering to help survivors in the Westway, said she and colleagues were aware of at least three patients who were reluctant to go to hospital because of concerns about their immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>The full story can be read on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2017\/jun\/22\/grenfell-tower-survivors-too-scared-to-seek-help-because-of-immigration-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer doctors and lawyers providing support to survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster have spoken of residents who escaped from the fire but remain, they believe, too frightened to seek medical and legal help for fear of being reported to the Home Office because of their irregular immigration status. 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