Shooting In Canada

[maggiebee]

Just heard something (didn't catch it all) about a shooting in Toronto. Apparently 1 dead and 17 injured. Any other info?

[Theland]

Yeah!

[Spicerack]

Sad case of another mentally ill person who just happens to be a muslim.
Not an occasion for mockery. ;)

[jno]

suffered from serious mental health challenges and had struggled with untreatable psychosis and depression most of his life.

It could happen here too as numbers of beds and nurses for treating mental health decline.

[ummmm]

It certainly could, jno, especially if they aren't closely monitored. Mentally ill patients do have a tendency to stop taking their medication when they think they're better and don't notice the gradual decline.

[jno]

sorry, I meant to post a link with my last comment; it gives some worrying facts and figures

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/21/nhs-beds-number-mental-health-patients-falls

[ummmm]

A big problem with mental health beds is it's not short stay. You can't fix someone and discharge them within a couple of days. In the hospital I worked most were there for years. Sometimes it takes months just to get their medication right.

[Spicerack]

Steady on. Don't give far-right fascists who murder MPs an excuse.

[jno]

exactly, ummmm. And every one you lose track of could be a potential threat, depending on the nature of their illness. But the NHS isn't coping, and that could be storing up problems for the future. Not necessarily the distant future, either.

[ummmm]

I don't think either of us are. As far as I'm concerned there is no excuse.

[ummmm]

jno - the hospital I worked at was private but housed NHS patients. It costs an absolute fortune. Some wards were £500 per night. When you see the costs you can understand why they a reluctant to section people.

[naomi24]

Going a bit off track here with all this talk of the NHS. He was an Islamic terrorist who lived in Canada.

[fiction-factory]

mental illness knows no borders though, naomi

[naomi24]

Neither do lies.

[Theland]

You would have to be mental to follow the prophet.

[sanmac]

I found this online: https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-was-danforth-attack-terror-or-terrorism

[naomi24]

//Hussain apparently had been spoken to by authorities about his online activities. Sources say Toronto Police, the OPP and the RCMP have all had an interest in the now-deceased shooter.//

Yet another one already on the radar. :o/

[sanmac]

I haven't read all of the comments below the article, but the second and third ones referring to his "family's" protestations of mental illness certainly make sense.

[naomi24]

Load of tripe.

[sanmac]

I meant the comments made sense, not that the "family's" descriptions of metal illness made sense.

[naomi24]

Yes, I know, sanmac. I was agreeing with you. Sorry, I should have made myself clearer.