A Sad story of a woman trying to get help, and the failure of the psychiatric system in here city to help.
Snippet from a much longer story
The HSE has said it is to investigate concerns raised by a well-known Limerick businesswoman after she experienced "hell on earth" in a psychiatric hospital unit in Limerick.
Last November, Leona O'Callaghan, 35, spent two months at the 5B Psychiatric Ward in University Hospital Limerick, which she described as a "violent" and "uncaring" place.
"The HSE need to hear the voice of the service users," the mother of three said.
Ms O'Callaghan said she was forced to speak out publicly about her experience, because she got "no reply" to letters she sent to the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, and his Junior Health Minister, Kathleen Lynch.
In a searingly honest interview she described how after approaching a nurse in 5B, she was told she should kill herself if she really wanted to.
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"There's an epidemic in suicide in Limerick. Obviously something is going wrong."
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