‘I worked in a mental hospital in the 70s and that’s how we should treat tolerance
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The reader shares his experience of working in a psychiatric hospital in the 70s
In the early 1970s, I worked as a nursing assistant in a large psychiatric hospital in Glasgow, with many patients suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.
The patients were very well looked after and if they needed medication, it was carefully administered by the nursing staff.
There was a hospital shop, a tea room, a playground and nurses’ quarters. Many patients were happy and felt safe knowing that all their needs were being met.
Most of those hospitals would be closed less than twenty years later, in the name of a new concept: ‘social care’.
No matter how good it sounds, it has never been delivered properly.
What happened to the money received from the private developers who bought those big hospitals and their grounds and built luxury apartments?
Was the money plowed back into mental health care, so that people could be well cared for in their own communities? I highly doubt it.
If the paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane – who killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in Nottingham last year – had been cared for and treated in other if those big hospitals instead of care and inadequate care. nation, the brutal victims who lost their lives at his hands would still be alive today. Alan Jensen, West Hampstead
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The protestors who have been arrested and arrested with violence are no longer welcome, for what?
I have looked at the reports of some people who have been arrested for recent violent demonstrations that encouraged theft.
They are generally the ‘homeless’ or those with economic and social problems in our society.
Without a doubt, they feel oppressed and forgotten. The only way they can show their discontent is by joining extremist groups and reacting to what their leaders say.
What have they got? There is nothing. Worse, many are in prison or about to go there. Their hard life got worse.
And those who deceived them – what did they benefit from this? Maybe a few more likes on social media. However, they have not lost anything.
Here’s hope – the disenfranchised become more extreme and will be treated with contempt and disdain, yet the perpetrators receive no punishment for the damage they have caused to the downtrodden and immigrants. try to move on with their lives. Tony Howarth, London
‘Anti-apartheid demonstrations gave me better hope to continue living here’
Brian (MetroTalk, Mon) spoke of unity and diversity in the anti-rightist show.
I am a Chinese woman in her 60s who moved from Hong Kong to Manchester seven years ago.
In these seven years, I have never been a victim of racism, except for one small incident, even though there are issues like Covid that create racial anxiety against Chinese in other parts of the world .
My family and I were well received here. We made friends with neighbors of different races. And people on the road greeted us with ‘ni hao ma’ (how are you?) or ‘xie xie’ (thank you) in Chinese as a sign of welcome.
The unity shown by the anti-discrimination groups recently gave me even better hope that I will continue to live here. Thank you, UK, for providing a wonderful place for our new life. Cammy Liu, via email
How things change…
Due to globalization, the world is shrinking rapidly. I recently visited a West African country, 50 years after my last visit, and was surprised by the dramatic increase in European/American and Chinese immigrants.
Some worked for NGOs, and many bought land there.
Those 50 years ago, the locals would have sneaked a peek at a white man passing by because many had never seen him up close in the flesh.
But today, no one in that area sees the eyes of a white man.
I see the steady rise of Europeans as a good thing for the country. And this is the same with immigrants to Britain.
No doubt we can all point to negatives here and there, but overall it has been for the betterment of Britain.
Having said that, all countries should have equal immigration laws in order to preserve the historical heritage, civil equality and peace of their nations.
Managed immigration is the best form of immigration! Sarm, First Generation Descendant of Immigrants to Britain, London
X the cesspit and how about littering and not bad language
Like Pam (MetroTalk, Wed) I quit X/Twitter.
It became a cesspit, promoting the worst news. Owner Elon Musk’s promotion of Donald Trump was the last straw. I stick with MetroTalk.
Neil Dance, Birmingham
Robert (MetroTalk, Tue) says it’s never called X without clarifying that it used to be Twitter. I haven’t heard of anyone from Xing yet. We’re all retweeting. C Nicholls, Epsom
Re Thanet’s ban on swearing in public (Metro, Fri). I’d rather focus on litter louts. Nick, London
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