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Disabled man without hands or legs is left without carers (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Arrakis@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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DJ Calvert told BBC News NI: "I've been let down - and I'm not the only one."

It was proof that Northern Ireland's health and social care system had "crashed", said the 49-year-old.

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[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

You can survive easy out here if you can stay sober enough to make a few phone calls and show up to appointments. Most of the homeless crisis is really just a drug crisis.

I trust that in order to make such such a generalizing and dismissive statement you have some form of qualification or primary experience?

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. I get free healthcare, and I qualify for free food and low income housing. Many of my friends have been homeless and they have had an easy time finding a shelter.