Re: Wheelchairs

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Dean Stalker wrote:

> Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in message
> 81gfl3$rre$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:81gfl3$rre$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > PETer and susAN <petan@NOSPAMion.com.au> wrote in message
> > 383bbca6.511481@news.ion.com.au">news:383bbca6.511481@news.ion.com.au...
> >
> > > One from QLD is presently sueing Countrylink as they told him to either
> > pay for a carer or travel
> > > with someone else [according to the Courier Mail newspaper].  He won a
> > medal at a paraolympic game.
> > > According to the newspaper, he is taking legal action to force
> Countrylink
> > to improve before the
> > > paraolympic games in Sydney next year.
> >
> > Read about that - he has Cystic Fibrosis, doesn't he?
> >
> > > I am not expressing an opinion about the matter as we all could end up
> in
> > wheelchairs due to the
> > > dreaded car smashes or old age.
> >
> > Hope not. But it is possible.
> >
> > --
> > DaveProctor
> > thadocta AT dingoblue.net.au
> >
> >
>
> Not Cystic Fybrosis (Thats a Lung Disease), he has Cerebal Palsy (which is a
> brain defect) and I honestly think that Countrylink and/or Cityrails
> treatment is absolutely inappropriate. They have a responsibility and that
> is to take care of their clients/passengers etc and all this guy needed was
> someone to help him drink and eat. Is that too much for Countrylink staff to
> handle?

I am sure that the majority of Countrylink on-board staff would love to help
him, but management are cutting down on the number of staff on the trains to
such a level that they are simply unable to.


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David Johnson
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