Judge criticises hospital's discharge of intellectually disabled Traveller woman

The president of the High Court has voiced serious concern that an intellectually disabled Traveller woman who is a ward of court ended up in a cramped caravan on an unofficial halting site after being discharged from hospital without any court application.

Judge criticises hospital's discharge of intellectually disabled Traveller woman

By Ann O'Loughlin

The president of the High Court has voiced serious concern that an intellectually disabled Traveller woman who is a ward of court ended up in a cramped caravan on an unofficial halting site after being discharged from hospital without any court application.

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