DJ Calvert told BBC News NI: “I’ve been let down - and I’m not the only one.”
It was proof that Northern Ireland’s health and social care system had “crashed”, said the 49-year-old.
The sad thing is in the US its extremely likely the fellow would have already been dead after years living on the streets with a cardboard sign.
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You can survive easy out here if you can stay sober enough to make a few phone calls and show up to appointments. Most of the homeless crisis is really just a drug crisis.
I trust that in order to make such such a generalizing and dismissive statement you have some form of qualification or primary experience?
Yes. I get free healthcare, and I qualify for free food and low income housing. Many of my friends have been homeless and they have had an easy time finding a shelter.
Fair enough then, not going to argue with your own experience.
You sure were getting geared up to put him in his place though, huh? I’m going to just start telling people like you “thank you for your service “
