Eritrean Refugee: Mariam Tadesse and Refugee

eritrean refugee: Rick Madonik / Toronto Star By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Mon., June 26, 2017 Mariam Tadesse felt weak and had a dry mouth for a week before staff at a Toronto refugee shelter found out and urged the 12-year-old girl's father to take her to a doctor, according to Toronto Star. The father and daughter, newly arrived for asylum from Eritrea, were hesitant to seek medical help because they were still waiting for their interim health care coverage from the federal government to kick in a process that can take weeks. Paul Caulford, left, treated Mariam Tadesse, right, an Eritrean refugee who was on the verge of a diabetic coma when she arrived at the Canadian Centre for Refugee & Immigrant Health. By the time Mariam was taken to the Canadian Centre for Refugee & Immigrant Health, a community clinic in Scarborough for people without health care coverage, in early September, she was entering a coma. They arrived at 3 p.m. but the clinic opened at 5. She suffered a diabetic attack and was immediately taken to a hospital, where she remained in intensive care for four days. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.