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Drugging of seniors - VIHA and BC shame

Submitted by oliverk on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 21:25
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This month's Focus magazine has a powerful and disturbing article about the use of the Mental Health Act in BC, and ESPECIALLY on Vancouver Island, to drug seniors with anti-pychotic drugs, drugs which are known to cause death from heart attacks, and drugs which are CONTRAINDICATED for seniors. Frightening, shameful, and inexcusably inhumane.

Forced drugging of seniors still increasing

ROB WIPOND

http://focusonline.ca/ download the April 2012 issue.

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