Mercury (Hobart)

Share our homes

- Brent de Haan Howden

THE sad situation with homelessne­ss, under-employment and malfunctio­ning of the state hospital system is due to decades of government incompeten­ce and community apathy. Lack of discipline, an under-performing judiciary, neglect of belief systems, chronic use of illegal drugs and appalling under-funding in the mental health area has seen us arrive where we are today. And the Government has not got anywhere near the funds to fix all the problems, we cannot even build a small bridge. The Government could ban bed blockage at the Royal Hobart Hospital by moving the healthiest patients to another area. With the Emergency Department

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