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| Subject: More statist insanity: Anorexics told eat even less to get treatment Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:07 pm | |
| A DIRE shortage of eating disorder beds in public hospitals means severely unwell men and women in NSW are being told they must lose more weight before they can be admitted for treatment.
Advocates say there are only two adult beds available where patients from around the state can receive specialised treatment for eating disorders.
The head of the eating disorder charity The Butterfly Foundation says the situation is "Dickensian" and is putting lives at risk.
One young woman has started a social media campaign begging for more to be done after she was told that despite being critically unwell she would have to wait until next year for a hospital bed. Advertisement
Ella Graham, 23, has had an eating disorder since she was 12. She relapsed in March after a man who had attacked her was released from prison.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/anorexics-told-eat-less-to-get-treatment-20120930-26tsp.html#ixzz27zeWh4RF
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