Whose child is this anyway?

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There are now only 11,000 residents in hospitals for the mentally handicapped in the UK, compared with 68,000 at the beginning of the 1970s. However, the policy of community-based care has attracted controversy recently, especially with the publication by the Law Commission of a report which looks at the ways in which community care infringes the rights of handicapped people and their parents. Officials have placed great emphasis on consulting the handicapped about their future, but parents point out that these patients are not really able to make choices of this kind.

Care and treatment, Mentally disabled persons

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Just another Friday night

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Staff in the casualty department at the Royal London Hospital in the East End of London, England, must deal with many different incidents, especially on a Friday evening. The department becomes very busy from early in the evening, and patients must often wait a long time for treatment. Some have been involved in fights, while others are suffering from the effects of alcohol or drugs. Nurses and doctors are very philosophical about the patients, feeling that they are not really in a position to moralize.

Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Emergency Care Facilities, Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers, Hospitals, London, England, Emergency medical services, Hospital emergency services, Emergency medical facilities

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Religious zealot who has turned Sudan into a pariah state

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Sudan's Islamic government is setting an example for the whole Arab world, according to Hassan al-Turabi, speaker of the Sudanese parliament and leader of the National Islamic Front. He welcomes the fact that Sudan has become increasingly isolated, as he feel that this gives the country the opportunity to become independent. He does not believe that religion can be separated from politics, but his view is not shared by most ordinary Sudanese people.

Political aspects, Interview, Sudan, Islamic fundamentalism, Turabi, Hassan

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