Thursday 17th June 2010

Is is wrong to be a Good Samaritan? Alan thinks so. His 80 year old granny answered her door late on Tuesday night to her distressed neighbour. The young pregnant woman was in tears and said her partner had locked her out. Alan's granny kindly took her in and let her sleep on the couch. In the morning, Alan's granny woke to find the young woman had left....taking her valuables and medication with her. Alan is furious with the slow Garda response.

Cathleen is a mother of two. She attends Beaumont Hospital for regular kidney dialysis. At the end of May she was admitted to Beaumont Hospital for a surgical procedure. She describes her experience on the ward as being "hell". She tells Joe her horrific story about being on a ward with dying men. Cathleen asks Joe where are the patients dignity and respect? She also wonders why she is bothering with VHI?

€9.50 for a hotdog, €3.55 for a tiny sausage roll....Joe calls on the Liveline listeners to help him conduct a "Liveline Summer Price Watch". Liveline listeners call in with many many tales of over-charging.

Bernie Shorten's 82 year old mother has Alzheimers. She is in the Laurel Unit of Cherry Orchard Hospital in Ballyfermot. Bernie was devastated to hear that her mother's unit is closing. She says any kind of move for her mother will be extremely distressing. She was recently moved from one bed to another recently and it left her completely disorientated. Bernie is determined to fight.