Posted on 02/02/2014 11:39:06 AM PST by nickcarraway
Sheila Holt was sectioned after being taken off Income Support, days later she had a heart attack and fell into the coma - and is still being sent letters by assessors
A mentally ill woman forced on to the Coalition’s Work Programme is in a coma – but is still being sent letters by benefits assessors.
Bipolar patient Sheila Holt, 47, was sectioned in December after being taken off Income Support. Days later she had a heart attack and fell into the coma.
This weekend, Miss Holt, of Rochdale, Gtr Manchester, was sent a letter by Atos to ask why she was not working.
PALabour MP PhotocallSimon Danczuk Local Labour MP Simon Danczuk said: "I am in favour of welfare reform but trying to bulldoze through changes in a reckless and insensitive way is not the right way to go about it.
“This Government is causing a huge amount of damage and I have no doubt that Sheila’s story is being repeated in towns and cities up and down the country.
“She has a complex disability caused by severe trauma in her childhood and you cannot aggressively push vulnerable people, like Sheila, back into work because it can have, as we’ve seen, very serious health consequences.”
Her dad Kenneth said: “It’s just not right what they have done. It sent my daughter hypermanic.
“She said to me, ‘they are going to knock my money off me dad’. I said they wouldn’t do that. She wasn’t looking for a job - she couldn’t - until they forced her to.
“She hadn’t had a job for 26 years. Anyone who knew her would tell you she couldn’t do a job.”
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Guess you missed the part about her being in a coma. Manic-depressive psychosis isn't good enough for you though, eh?
Sure she will. People in a coma can do lots of things right? Shite. FR has been occupied by brain dead zombies.
I am not WISHING for that... I am only saying, that once the socialists take over do you think they will let the unproductive fat-asses sit around and collect welfare and kick out more costly kids?
Forced Sterilization, and Forced Labor Camps WILL be one of the end results.
No, and I didn't miss the part about her not being in a coma until recently, either. It sounds like people have been making excuses for her all along, and she's been on the dole when she could've been doing something.
And no, manic-depressive psychosis is a bull**it excuse for stealing our hard earned money to pay for someone who could be doing something. Hey, it's your money, too. If you're so fond of just giving it out to anyone with a sob story, I can whip up a real good one for you. I could sure use an extra five grand, you know.
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