Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
I agree with Senator Henry's comments on the high incidence of mental illness in prisons. There is also a high level of mental illness in residential care homes. Every health board has to address the issue of elderly people in psychiatric hospitals. The Minister of State referred to the ongoing relocation of patients from acute psychiatric hospitals to general hospitals. Eighteen such units have opened. I hope in the case of Ballinasloe that the unit in Portiuncula hospital is opened as soon as possible.
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