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GARDAÍ IN LIMERICK are appealing for witnesses, after two motorcyclists died in separate incidents just before 8pm yesterday evening.
At around 7.30pm, a man in his 50s sustained serious injuries when his motorcycle struck a roundabout at Quinn’s Cross in Mungret.
He was treated at the scene, and taken by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick where he was pronounced dead just a short time later.
The scene of the crash is currently being preserved for technical examination, and local traffic diversions are in place.
Just 10 minutes later at around 7.40pm, a man in his 20s suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle left the road at O’Malley Park.
Again, he was treated at the scene but later pronounced dead in hospital. That scene is also being preserved and the coroner has been notified of both incidents.
Anyone with information in relation to either of these crashed is urged to contact Roxboro Road Garda Station on 061 214 340, or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
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Every change to a perceived restrictive practice in mental health can often have negative effects in another direction. Make it more difficult to detain someone who needs psychiatric treatment and families, Gardai and accident and emergency departments will have to pick up the pieces. Make it more difficult to treat severely mentally ill inpatients with medication (without consent) and physical assaults on other patients and staff will increase as well as restraint and seclusion statistics.
Improvement on human rights issues are welcomed but be prepared for very serious negative outcomes on the other end with these Mental Health Act changes.
@Gareth Keenan: The evidence shows that the number of violent incidents against staff does not increase and actually reduces in some cases where there is less coercion and a human rights based approach https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26234329/. See Pennsylvania and Trieste examples https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/coercion-in-mental-health-care-finding-a-new-way
@Fiona Orla Mary Bridget Anderson: The Advocates for Human Rights in Mental Health Care is comprised of: Dr Fiona Morrissey, Disability Law Researcher, Lecturer, ATU, Adjunct Lecturer, NUI Galway; Jennifer Hough (Family Member); Dr Charles O’Mahony, School of Law, NUI Galway; Fiona Anderson, BA, LLM, Recovery Expert by Experience; Dr Liz Brosnan, Academic, Survivor Researcher, Recovery Expert by Experience; Rosy Wilson, Retired Lecturer, Recovery Expert by Experience; Dr Harry Gijbels, Retired Lecturer, UCC, Former Mental Health Nurse and Deirdre Lillis, Advocate, SHEP.
As a mental health social worker since 1994: While we never want anyone to be admitted to a psychiatric unit against their will, or receive treatment they initially refuse- the reality for those who care for a person ( professionals and family members) with a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia or bi polar is that a person can lose insight about their mental health, imagine people are plotting against them, neglect their health, stop paying bills, lose friends etc
Once a person recovers following treatment, helping to keep them well is the next challenge that we often as health care professions struggle to do because of limited resources and the rights that patients have to refuse treatment once discharged.
@frank browne: lack of ‘insight’ is not a grounds for detention or forced treatment under the MHA. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act is putting in place a system of supports to assist people to make decisions in these situations for this very reason, so we don’t have to treat people under coercion or without their consent.
@Fiona Orla Mary Bridget Anderson:
The Advocates for Human Rights in Mental Health Care is comprised of: Dr. Fiona Morrissey, Disability Law Researcher, Lecturer, ATU, Adjunct Lecturer, NUI Galway; Jennifer Hough (Family Member); Dr. Charles O’Mahony, School of Law, NUI Galway; Fiona Anderson, BA, LLM, Recovery Expert by Experience; Dr. Liz Brosnan, Academic, Survivor Researcher, Recovery Expert by Experience; Rosy Wilson, Retired Lecturer, Recovery Expert by Experience; Dr. Harry Gijbels, Retired Lecturer, UCC, Former Mental Health Nurse and Deirdre Lillis, Advocate, SHEP.
The only way for hospital admissions to decrease is better community programmes, better outreach, and early intervention.
Mental health is always the first budget to be slashed. There is limited psychotherapy available in the mental health service. If a person attends the mental health service referrals to primary care is rejected. Referrals for Safeguarding are rejected.
Fix the community system and you fix hospital admissions
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