Rejected petition Stop housing development on burial site at Park Hospital Bridgend

The burial site at the former mental health hospital is a mass grave of over 2000 previous patients who weren't given the dignity of a decent funeral when they died, and now these plans to develop this land for housing development will lead to their bodies being "relocated".

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This is a terrible reminder of the scandalous way we used to treat mental health patients in this country and to let this happen now would be outrageously disrespectful and only show how far we haven't come when it comes to our attitudes to mental health.

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Date submitted 11 May 2021
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