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Lost final appeal 'hits depressed Corby'
Canberra, June 21 (AAP) - Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has suffered a "total mental disturbance" after hearing of her failed final appeal.
An Indonesian prison guard said Corby had been unable to eat or sleep since being told her final appeal had failed.
Doctors say Corby is suffering from depression and will remain in hospital for at least one to two weeks, and could even be put into a mental institution if her condition deteriorates.
She was taken to Sanglah Hospital in Bali on Friday afternoon, with a prison official saying it was believed she was suffering depression.
Dr Leli Setyawati from Sanglah Hospital estimated that Corby would remain in hospital for at least one to two weeks. "The patient Corby has suffered a total mental disturbance but we cannot explain in
detail what kind of disturbance ... or which stage of depression she is in now because of patient privacy," she told reporters.
"In our estimation Corby must be treated for one to two weeks.
If there's no development or progress within one to two weeks then the treatment can be extended further. But if it reaches a critical level, we must consider moving her to a mental institution," Dr Setyawati said.
A prison guard said Corby has had trouble sleeping and eating since hearing of her failed final appeal.
"We took her to hospital because the doctor in prison could not handle the case any more," Kerobokan Prison head of security Maliki told AAP. "(Lawyer) Erwin Siregar has told her about the judicial review rejection. Since then she's had trouble sleeping and didn't want to eat. That condition has made her very stressed."
Siregar said he would not be able to visit his high-profile client until next week, but believed she was depressed.
"My conclusion, I think, when I spoke to her a week ago, she is depressed," he said. "She has not told me about it, and this is my opinion, I think one of the causes is because of the sentence of the Supreme Court from the extraordinary appeal."
Corby's final legal challenge failed in March when Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld her 20-year sentence.
Two police guards and two policemen are taking shifts guarding the Australian in hospital.
Siregar said he'd not yet discussed an appeal for clemency to Indonesia's president. "Not yet because this is not a good situation to discuss about that," he said.
An appeal for clemency is Corby's last legal option, but it means she would have to admit guilt.
Corby is serving 20 years in Kerobokan Prison after she was caught at Bali's airport in October 2004 with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag.
Her lawyers claimed she was an innocent victim of baggage handlers involved in moving drugs around Australia.
Corby's hopes of being released from prison have relied on the outcome of long-running negotiations between Indonesia and Australia over a prisoner transfer deal.
She has been let of out of her Bali prison home three previous times in the past four years for medical reasons.
An Indonesian prison guard said Corby had been unable to eat or sleep since being told her final appeal had failed.
Doctors say Corby is suffering from depression and will remain in hospital for at least one to two weeks, and could even be put into a mental institution if her condition deteriorates.
She was taken to Sanglah Hospital in Bali on Friday afternoon, with a prison official saying it was believed she was suffering depression.
Dr Leli Setyawati from Sanglah Hospital estimated that Corby would remain in hospital for at least one to two weeks. "The patient Corby has suffered a total mental disturbance but we cannot explain in
detail what kind of disturbance ... or which stage of depression she is in now because of patient privacy," she told reporters.
"In our estimation Corby must be treated for one to two weeks.
If there's no development or progress within one to two weeks then the treatment can be extended further. But if it reaches a critical level, we must consider moving her to a mental institution," Dr Setyawati said.
A prison guard said Corby has had trouble sleeping and eating since hearing of her failed final appeal.
"We took her to hospital because the doctor in prison could not handle the case any more," Kerobokan Prison head of security Maliki told AAP. "(Lawyer) Erwin Siregar has told her about the judicial review rejection. Since then she's had trouble sleeping and didn't want to eat. That condition has made her very stressed."
Siregar said he would not be able to visit his high-profile client until next week, but believed she was depressed.
"My conclusion, I think, when I spoke to her a week ago, she is depressed," he said. "She has not told me about it, and this is my opinion, I think one of the causes is because of the sentence of the Supreme Court from the extraordinary appeal."
Corby's final legal challenge failed in March when Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld her 20-year sentence.
Two police guards and two policemen are taking shifts guarding the Australian in hospital.
Siregar said he'd not yet discussed an appeal for clemency to Indonesia's president. "Not yet because this is not a good situation to discuss about that," he said.
An appeal for clemency is Corby's last legal option, but it means she would have to admit guilt.
Corby is serving 20 years in Kerobokan Prison after she was caught at Bali's airport in October 2004 with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag.
Her lawyers claimed she was an innocent victim of baggage handlers involved in moving drugs around Australia.
Corby's hopes of being released from prison have relied on the outcome of long-running negotiations between Indonesia and Australia over a prisoner transfer deal.
She has been let of out of her Bali prison home three previous times in the past four years for medical reasons.
