Subject: | Inadequate coverage by mental health/vulnerable people |
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Date: | Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:10:55 -0000 |
From: | Michelle Clarke |
To: | Gillian Markey <gmarkey@hrb.ie>, joan.burton@oireachtas.ie, JMoran@amnesty.ie, Doherty, Colin (Neurology Consultant) <CPDoherty@STJAMES.IE>, Nigel Dodds <ndodds@dup-belfast.co.uk>, Health & Safety Authority <newsletter@hsa.ie>, ASenkara@amnesty.ie |
CC: | Hugh Kane <hugh.kane@mhcirl.ie>, Martina Dumpleton <martina.dumpleton@barnardos.ie>, Dara Duffy <Dara.Duffy@rehab.ie>, John Doyle <johndoyle@disability-federation.ie> |
Friday 8th January 2010
Dublin 4 and Human Dignity
KT:
A few days ago I tried to help a homeless man. I walked him up the steps of Baggot Street Hospital. I did not ask, I actually pleaded with members of various staff – was it possible to give this human being a bath. His clothes were drenched in urine and the smell was very bad. At one time, this man had a life, a former civil servant. The response from Baggot Street Hospital was not unexpected – not in the…
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