Two months ago I complained about the situation at Muckamore Abbey Hospital where children and adults rights are being abused. Individuals held under the pretense of “delayed discharge”.
Last night on Newsline there was a report and it was covered by the Stephen Nolan show at 9:00 am this morning on Radio Ulster. There’s also two pages on the BBC News web site Action plan for ‘crisis’ hospital and Patients trapped by cash shortfall. It was covered again on the news at 6:30 pm on BBC Northern Ireland. I will have video and audio segments hosted in a few hours.
According to Nolan this morning, this is breaking news.
Stephen Nolan’s show was emailed about my blog entry in mid November. Two months ago. It’s taken him two months to actually do something about it and, frankly, if it hadn’t been for Newsline, it would still have been swept under the carpet. I have been forwarded the acknowledgements from Nolan’s handlers.
The sad thing is that this addresses the “delayed discharge” (including some there who should have been out more than 14 years ago) and does nothing to address actual abuses as reported by the parents of the individual in my original post.
I suppose something is better than nothing.
As one parent on the Stephen Nolan show said: “We’re living in limbo”. She’s followed by an ex-inmate from the hospital who left the hospital three years ago after being inside for 4 months who talks about the place in glowing terms.
You were in there for 4 months, mate.
You got out.
Do you see the difference?
I just heard about this the other evening while listening to the radio. It’s disgusting. I will read your earlier blog entry now to find out more. Something must be done about this awful abuse of people’s rights.