There's a guy in town here who likes to gouge eyes

It all depends on where you go. Some places don't do shit and just medicate until stable and kick them out

You won't even tell if a home is one of the care homes for mental illness unless one of them leaves the place to go to the shops or something

Egh what's the use there

But a lot of inpatient facilities are vital in helping manage mental I'll ess

Uh huh

Illness sorry

@Locus okay yes that's mostly what we have now as well

But some of them are too violent for homes like that

Indeed

the violent ones go to sectioning

which is more or less a prison

but not as shitty looking

That's pretty much here too

High security wards

yea

That's pretty well what an asylum would be

i mean, there's different rules on your asylums and our sectioning areas

But Florida abuses the law that allows people to be held for up to three days if they are at risk for self harm

but there's similarities

Holding people for 5-6 days

over here it's up to a board to see if you're fit enough to come out of sectioning

Knowing the case won't go to a judge before they release them

and 9/10 times you're stuck there for life

And since in the US healthcare is not free

It is a money making scheme

healthcare is free here and that's why we're failing and hospitals are closing 🙃

my local A&E is gonna get closed meaning my nearest hospital would be an hour away

Healthcare is also failing in the US so

It's not really about public or private but about how well it is managed and the controls put in place to protect against abuse

It's failing here because immigrants are treating the sniffles like an emergency

and hogging up resources

For example - allowing anyone to walk in and get care

Here you need a card

i mean it's not just immigrants, it's also stupid cunts that think everythings an emergency but it's mostly immigrants

I mean we have that too yes

But our system certainly isn't failing because of it

Meanwhile I sprained a leg, it still hurts after a week on and off and I can't afford to go to the doctor

My husband works in healthcare - specifically educating RNs on the primary healthcare model

Legit almost fainted from the pain yesterday outside

Uh hhh