Detained in hospital - a sister's decades long fight to bring her brother home
Brigene McNeilly’s brother, Bryan, has been fit for discharge from hospital in Northern Ireland 25 years. He's still there because there's no where suitable for him to go.
Brigene McNeilly’s brother, Bryan, has been in Muckamore Hospital in Northern Ireland for 34 years. He has been fit for discharge for 25 years. For a quarter of a century his family have been fighting to get him released. He has been offered several facilities, but they haven’t been able to meet his needs.
Since ±«Óãtv News revealed that there are 100 people with learning disabilities who've been detained in a hospital for more than two decades - families have come forward to speak of their own experiences. ±«Óãtv reporter, Jayne McCubbin and producer Ruth Clegg went to meet Brigene - to hear about the extraordinary difficulties her family have faced - and why they'll keep fighting for Bryan. This is 5 Minutes On - a sister's decades long fight bring her brother home.
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