Victoria is falling apart and suicides and self-harm are becoming a dangerous reality thanks to Dan Andrews attempted communist Coup.
By Staff Reporter
In 6 weeks in Victoria there’s been a 33% increase in hospital self harm presentations, in children.
There are children having suicidal thoughts and hurting themselves at an alarming rate because of these lockdowns.
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There have been over 88,000 police call outs due to domestic violence since the start of lockdowns, the victims have generally been women and children.
(Source: Victoria Police)
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Child abuse is often picked up by mandatory reporters through schools, or social services.
Nobody is going door to door to check on the welfare of children for domestic or sexual abuse or malnourishment. Not during a mental health & economic crisis’
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Lifeline is receiving a phone call every 30 seconds everyday. That means one person is wanting to commit suicide every 30 seconds.
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People who are in a crisis have nowhere to turn for support except Emergency Departments but due to shortages in mental health beds people who are suicidal or psychotic are being left waiting for days at a time or told to go home.
Source: Herald Sun, Footscray Hospital, Northern Hospital
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Two parents who lost their businesses and were struggling with severe mental health issues committed suicide together.
Their children will grow up without their parents.
Source: Parliament sitting live stream. Michael O Brien.
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There is what psychiatrists have described as a drug epidemic in Victoria. People with mental health problems resorted to illicit drug use, people who never had drug issues in the past, now addiction will follow them & as a result their families and friends long after lockdown is over.
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There has been a massive decrease in hospital presentations & GP routine examinations for cancers, heart disease and chronic illness’ which means people could have years cut of their life expectancy because of delayed detection.
Source: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre & DHHS.
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Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Autism & Neurological disorders are drastically impacted by social isolation. Children and the elderly will be cognitively affected in some cases permanently
Source: Royal Commission
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Elderly people in and out of aged care have been cut off from their families. They may have spent their last days without sunshine or a hug from their grandchildren.
People have had to watch their partners dying through a glass window after 50 years of marriage.
Source: Royal Commission
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So while you sit on your couches with your partner not remotely affected by lockdowns, whether you’re fortunate enough not to have elderly relatives, mental illness, children with mental illness, are introverted, don’t have chronic health problems, don’t have a trauma background and are not impacted. Don’t ever expect your experience represents the Victorian experience, don’t trivialise the experience of others as it doesn’t affect you so you haven’t even bothered to research one thing yourself. Instead using statements like “why is it so hard” to shut down real conversations and questions needed to be answered.
If you want to stand by Andrews, do so. But don’t ever attack other Victorians who hold him to account for the damage inflicted to our friends, our children, our grandparents, or ourselves, when the only response they can give as to who is is responsible for placing us in this position is “I don’t recall”..
