'Crying out for help': Doctor blasts Dan Andrews for not 'fully' easing restrictions NOW - saying lockdown is sparking suicidal thoughts among children as young as 12
A doctor inundated with patients suffering from mental health conditions during Melbourne's crippling Stage Four lockdown has hit out at Premier Daniel Andrews for only partially easing social distancing restrictions in the city. Dr Stacey Harris wrote in a letter to the Victorian leader she had not seen 'such devastation with patient's mental health' in her 15 years of general practice. The GP noted she was dealing with between 15 and 20 cases each day related to mental health compared to only five a day during the same period last year. Dr Harris said suicidal children were presenting to her clinic in Camberwell in Melbourne's east, some as young as 12. A young woman is pictured exercising in Princes Park on Sunday. A Melbourne GP has called on Premier Daniel Andrews to fully ease the city's strict COVID-19 restrictions to ease the mental health strain on the city's residents Mr Andrews ended Melbourne's curfew on Monday but has still banned the city