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No empathy shown

Posted By NativeWoman

"No empathy shown"

About: Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services

(as a service user),

I told an female clinician about how I was raped years ago. She showed zero empathy even when I said I was covered in bruises. All she cared about was that men could be libelled, when I said a female Garda told me I could warn other women about a particular man. I didn't want to take a case to court because I know how few succeed. The clinician didn't care about the Garda saying I could warn people... I feel like all she cared about was the man!

Very sad in this day and age. You would expect this maybe from men but not a woman!

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Response from Donagh O'Neill, Consultant Psychiatrist, South/West Sligo Team, Sligo Leitrim Mental Health Services last month
Donagh O'Neill
Consultant Psychiatrist, South/West Sligo Team,
Sligo Leitrim Mental Health Services

Submitted on 14/08/2024 at 11:57
Published on Care Opinion at 14:38

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Thank you for having the courage to share your traumatic experience and the difficult feelings you experienced during your engagement with Sligo Leitrim Mental Health Service. I would like to apologise on behalf of the service for the feelings of lack of empathy that you experienced during your engagement with the service. We strive to be patient centred and to be empathic at all times during our work and we hope that we can learn from negative experiences such as the one that you have described. Thank you again for sharing your story and sincere apologies again on behalf of the service.

Dr Donagh O'Neill

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