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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Fair enough then, not going to argue with your own experience.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

You sure were getting geared up to put him in his place though, huh? I’m going to just start telling people like you “thank you for your service “