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bring maggie home

bring maggie home

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Started by Marian O'callaghan 12 years ago
Can you please take a minute to read this the shared status below. Maggie is a resident in sli burca where I live and I'm appalled at how her basic human rights are being completely and unashamedly ignored by the city council. She is physically disabled and has been fighting a continuous infection in hospital for 112 weeks consecutively - yes that's over 2 years in hospital. And now rather than make the adjustments to her house and let her go home they suggest transferring her to residential home. She is the same age as me, as some of my friends. Can you imagine life in a residential home. Quality of life?? Independence?? Freedom?? Because of a physical disability!!! This is lazy reaction from the council and it's disgusting. I have put together a petition in support of bringing Maggie home and called to as many residents tonight as I could to sign it. This can't be ignored.

Maggie

Hi everyone . Sorry for posting ans posting but don't know what 2 do. Still no word from our council. I need to highlight this so please tag everyone u can and share and like. I want 2 go home when discharged. It's 111 weeks today since I came to hospital. And now after a five year application the council are saying they'll need at least 12 months more. So in meantime lock me away in residential care. Please help me go home. Not looking for much except a room that's suitable to my needs. When I spoke about clots in 2009 I never stressed the danger I was put in. By physically moving like that I could have dislodged clots from lungs and they could have travelled to heart or brain

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Reached 500 supporters

August 6, 2014

Reached 100 supporters

July 16, 2014

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Sarah Vargas
12 years ago Featured

This is just shameful treatment by the council. She deserves to be in her own house not locked away in some home. Get it sorted ASAP.

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Tom Foster
12 years ago Featured

bring her home. simple as that.

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Dave Banerjee
12 years ago Featured

112 weeks is way to long. Poor Maggie just wants to live her own life. Council needs to listen for once.

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Claire Ingram
12 years ago Featured

absolute disgrace. maggie should be home with her things and her friends. sending love to you maggie hope this gets fixed fast

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Cllr Mike Cubbard
12 years ago Featured

Maggie has rights and Galway City Council have a responsibility. Personal experiences such as Maggie's show the crisis our City has been left in when we look at housing. I will continue to work on Maggie's behalf and update her directly, you have my full support. Mike

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Denis Brosnan
12 years ago Featured

Galway City council has a legal, moral and ethical duty of care to act in the best interest of the people it claims to represent regardless of gender, ethnicity, or health status. To rehouse Maggie in her own home, surrounded by ,friends and family would lead to better health outcomes. At the last council elections all candidates promised to serve our best intrests and wellbeing. Let's see it happen.

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Cathy gill
11 years ago

Needs to be home

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Karen O'hara
12 years ago

I really hope this helps you get home Maggie.

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