Help plea for brain-damaged man

8 August 2012 Last updated at 05:49 ET

The brother of a Londonderry man who was left brain-damaged after he was attacked in County Donegal five years ago has criticised the health authorities.

Mark McShane, 40, was left unable to recognise his own children after the attack in Letterkenny, for which two men were jailed for five years.

He later had part of his brain removed.

His brother John said he now lived on his own and struggled to survive everyday.

"He still is pretty much brain-damaged and possibly is going to be for the rest of his life," he said.

"Mark finds it pretty difficult to survive on his own.

"All the care that Mark gets is provided by his family, because as far as all those outside agencies are concerned, they seem to have walked away from him.

"Mark refused to go to a clinic on one or two occasions and it seems to be that no one ever contacted Mark to see if he wanted to come back.

"It's a lot of strain on my mother; it's a lot of strain on all of us because every day somebody has to do something for Mark, take him somewhere, cook for him, clean for him. He exists, that's it, but as far as his mental state is concerned, he would be pretty much childish."

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