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Our readers hit out at an online troll who targeted a Pather woman who picked up a medal at the Special Olympics. Locals jumped to the defence of Catherine Kennedy following the mocking online.
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Well done Catherine you are a credit to Scotland.
Don’t let some keyboard monkey bring you down.
Kudos to you hun. You have done what most people dream about.
Keep it up .Good luck for the future. Deborah Elizabeth Christmas
Keyboard troll who has nothing better in their life.
Catherine you have done and will continue to do amazing things.
Never let anyone tell you otherwise. Angela K McAllister
The guy’s a wee rat. Not so smart now hiding behind his phone.
Catherine you’re our wee superstar princess and we’re all proud of everything you do. Colin Morton
Well done Catherine, ignore him.
He is a coward hiding behind Facebook.
Good luck in the future. Flora Hamilton
She’s a lovely lassie and works as well.
She’s a credit to her family. Keep on shining Catherine. Josie Mac
Well done Catherine, you should be so proud of yourself. Heather Johnston
Well done on your medals Catherine.
Do not listen to haters. Sandra McLean
More than 250 people died awaiting discharge from Lanarkshire’s hospitals since July 2016. Charity Age Scotland have called the deaths “tragic” and have now demanded urgent action to tackle the problem. Readers had mixed views.
Firing all the money at the NHS while cutting council funding resulting in support at home services being overloaded is what causes the bottle neck and impacts on the discharges.
Closing smaller hospitals and other off site units means people are stuck in hospitals longer than they should be. Alison Reid
I often wonder if this is because the smaller hospitals have closed.
This isn’t just in this area but others too as patients were sent there maybe as a stop between hospital and home? Maybe I am wrong though. Julie Christie
There is a tremendous effort on the part of health and social care staff to get people out of hospital as quickly as possible.
Very often they go above and beyond. Whilst these deaths are tragic this type of publicity doesn’t help.
Part of the issue is recruitment of staff. Who wants to work somewhere when this is what they read in the press?! Budgets are ever decreasing but they do try find smarter more effective ways of working even under these extreme pressures. Marc Howard
There was some sadness amongst our readers on social media following the collapse of Thomas Cook. The holiday giant collapsed meaning staff at its Wishaw store were out of a job.
I’ve booked all my holidays via TC and actually feel sadness for all staff. Lou Scott
Creates some space for a bookies, gold shop or vape place. Kevin McKay
What about all the foreign currency kept in the shops safe?
That would go some way to pay staff wages during this terrible mess.
I feel for all those who have saved gotten into debt to go on a holliday. Susan Park
Ambulance staff across Lanarkshire were assaulted 39 times in 2018. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request revealed there were 21 physical assaults and 18 verbal assaults on ambulance staff last year - the same as in 2017.
Tip of the iceberg, I’d bet these were only the most serious of the assaults.
A massive amount more would’ve went unreported and not shown in stats. Anne Cassells
That’s because the courts don’t protect our emergency services.
Put them behind bars. No more slaps on the wrist. We all need these workers at some time so start to protect them. Robert Gray
There was widespread anger after vandals set fire to the Wishaw Juniors club house with donations pouring in to help the club re-build the facility.
Such a shame what happened as the club has come such a long way.
‘Mon the Wishy! Arran Bradley