http://www.snitchseeker.com/images/news/jkr_80.jpg Caged Beds Go After Plea From JKR - Caged Beds Go After Plea From JKR

Summary:
Reacting to criticism from JK Rowling and human rights groups, the Czech government today ordered the removal of caged beds from psychiatric facilities.


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"The minister ordered that all caged beds be removed immediately, and beds with nets by the end of the year,” Aneta Kupkova, a Health Ministry spokeswoman, said in Prague.

The move came a day after President Vaclav Klaus received a letter from Rowling, author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of children’s books, protesting the practice in the Czech Republic.

Critics have said the beds, fitted with cages or nets to contain difficult patients, are barbaric.

Amnesty International and the Council of Europe have protested repeatedly against their use, and Rowling’s letter was the final straw prompting Health Care Minister Josef Kubinyi to act, Kupkova said.

Of a total of 9,657 beds in Czech psychiatric facilities, about 100 have nets and only 20 have bars, she said.

TLC have also got some pictures of the beds.

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Go to TLC to see the rest.

Source: The Leaky Cauldron.

Wow, I can't believe they use caged beds and nets and stuff. That really is barbaric! Go JK Rowling!

i work in a nursing home and they used to use restraints. (tie people's hands down and stuff) but thank god they stopped it was so sad to see. after they banned them, one of the nurse's aides was tired of watching this old man Joe pick his nose all the time so she taped his hands to his wheel chair. she was fired so fast! people like that don't need to be in that line of work. if i live to be 90 yrs. old and i want to pick my nose all day long, you bet i'm gonna do it! and not give a hoot whether you like it or not!

if you can't give those type of patients your attention enough that you have to put them in cages, you're in the wrong line of work.

haha. go JKR! i think this is the right way to use the power of popularity. they have the powers to change things cause they are very well known...

i just love people who use their power for the good of mankind

I totally agree with you on that one!

I would be freaked out if I had to sleep in a caged bed :unsure:

Yeah it is really amazing how influential JKR can be...

She's an amazing woman...

I KNEW J.K. would do something about it!!! she is such a great person. not many people would have done that but she has a heart of gold. she'll always be my hero....along with Daniel Radcliffe of course!!! :rolleyes:

Wait to go! JK! :sorcerer:

the only thing i can say is wow!

I thought that this article was awesome! Go JKR! I love it when people like JKR, Angelina Jolie, and many others use their popularity for the better of mankind. People like Brittany, Justin, and Micheal Jackson use their popularity to make themselves look better. (in some cases I think it back-fires) Anyways, I think it is awesome that JKR has so much influence in the world. I mean she came from writing on a napkin at a caffe to living in a million dollar mansion! I think she is great! :evil:

Go JK! I think it's great that they're not going to be using them anymore. It's nice to see celebrities using their fame to help someone other than themselves.

She really rocks. Those people are just jelous about her :flowersmile:

It's really amazing what is she doing to help childern....I'm from the Czech Republic and I must that I didn't know about those horrible beds before....It's absolutely disgusting....It was very good of Jo....but tell me what's happenig to that ill children in your country (I want to know the best way how to care of them, because I thought that I should do something to continue Jo great idea)

i'm glad JK is using her influence to stop such practices!! :flowersmile: :flowersmile: :flowersmile: :flowersmile: :flowersmile: :flowersmile: