Very crook , his diary reads on February 4. No breath . It was a heart attack. From his property about 50km north of Dingo, the 69-year-old drove to his doctor in Rockhampton. I got gradually worse, Rob said. I went to my GP and soon as he gave me a test he said, You re bloody serious here; you better get off to hospital . I ve never been in an ambulance all my life. It s all new to me. Rob campdrafting. Rob was put in a trolley and taken to the Emergency Department at Rockhampton Base Hospital. He said he waited there for at least three hours, which gave him time to observe how the department operated.
“In the absence of suitable accommodation for people like him, prisons will become a refuse heap for individuals who cannot, by reason of mental infirmity, function in a socially acceptable way.”