Thursday, April 8, 2010

A life sentence

I have seen this video several times, while I was trying to find more information on the orphans of Mogilino. I'm just shocked by the footage of this video. It's about Serbians with Down syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, being warehoused in these mental institutions. It's sheer torture, unheard of. I feel so bad for these children and adults. It's their life sentence, it's all they know but still, it's deeply disturbing. These patients are hosed down like life stock, instead of given a humane shower. Full grown young men are crammed into small cribs, their bodies severely contorted..

They are deprived of love, food, education and medical supplies. Their stick thin bodies seem to be frozen. They are suffering, while we live in luxury. Men and women, tied to their wheelchairs, trying to free themselves by taking off their pyjamas, falling on the floor and laying there, naked.. These images are heartbreaking..


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