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Point Fortin Long Care Center Essay

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It 's bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and to wash down the food is a glass of cold milk. It 's what mentally ill patients at the Point Fortin Extended Care Centre (PFECC) have been fed for the past week since running out of gas. Life at the centre could have been worst after staff tried to install a 25 lb tank on the compound. It resulted in a female cook having one of eyebrows burnt off when the flames flared up from the stove. It was later found that the gas was leaking from the tank 's valve. Staff said it was beyond frustration as the patients have begun to complain. As a result, many of them cannot take their medication, making them

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