New study highlights deficiencies in State care for children with complex conditions
The boy had no medical needs that warranted hospital care, the report stated. “His parents told us that this was the second time they took Shane to their local hospital because, despite the increase in respite provided by the HSE, it was simply not enough to help keep him at home with them.”
“He assaulted staff members and was cared for in a single hospital room where they had to secure the windows in case he hurt himself. From time to time, they had to revert to the extreme option of sedating him.” The latest study comes three years after a similar study highlighting the case of Jack, who acquired profound disabilities after a car incident, spent more than two years in hospital beyond medical need.
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