Disabled man without hands or legs is left without carers
Disabled man without hands or legs is left without carers
DJ Calvert needs help to get showered and dressed but his carer is withdrawn over a funding shortage.
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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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I read the headline thinking 'so what else is new' and then realized they weren't talking about the US. Here it wouldn't be news at all.
54 0 ReplyOver the past while, our government has essentially turned our welfare system into a parody of the US's. This guy makes the most amazing Lego sculptures, and it's so fucking sad he's going through this.
24 0 ReplyCapitalists are all greedy scum. I desperately wish the world realized this.
10 0 ReplyThis is Northern Ireland. We don't have a government at the moment. not saying the Tories haven't fucked it over. But there is more to it.
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