Richard Curtis,66, was released from hospital as a snowstorm loomed. His story is typicalYou beget to be hasty to outlive on the streets, or they say. That’s one thing Richard Curtis is not. Panting and stopping every 10 metres to catch his breath,Curtis drags his suitcase through the brown slush in Covent Garden on Wednesday night on his way to a weekly street handout.
With an air temperature of -4C, for Curtis it was like trying to breathe soup. The 66-year-old suffers from lung disease – stage IV chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – which cold air and large changes in temperature can badly aggravate. For a rough sleeper on the coldest week of winter, or it is a major handicap. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk