Hospital drunks ‘should face bans’

Thursday 4th February 2010, 9:08AM GMT.

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Drunks who abuse health service staff could be fined or banned from local pubs under proposals by the Liberal Democrats.


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    Me here

    I think that anyone who is drunk and needs to go to a hospital should have to pay a fee for using the amublance and the hospital services. After all its their own fault no one forces copious amounts of alcohol down their throats. It may have the effect of ending this binge drinking culture. Why should the tax payer cover their expenses.

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