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Article: Homelessness is a medical problem too
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- Herald Express (Torquay UK)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2008
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The old homeless centre at Factory Row was once the mortuary for
Torbay Hospital.
It has now gone and soon we will see a new building take its
place. Purpose built for the homeless. Should Torbay be proud of
this new resource or is it a waste of money? Will it bring problems
into the centre of Torquay? Shouldn't we be spending money on more
deserving projects? And anyway isn't this is a social problem not a
medical one?
Homelessness is a serious medical problem. Ill health can be both
a cause and a result of homelessness. The life expectancy for rough
sleepers is 42 with the highest death rate between 15 and 34. They
are four times more likely to go to the accident and emergency
department ...