A MENTAL health campaigner slashed his wrists in front of Scots politician Malcolm
Chisholm yesterday.
Walter ''Dixie'' Dean had advertised his protest on an internet chatroom.
The 67-year-old cut two half-inch gashes in his wrists as Health Minister Chisholm walked in to the parliament building in Edinburgh.
He held his bloodied arms up but the minister did not see the protest.
Mr Dean, of Forres, Moray has been trying to get a report he compiled on mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract taken onboard.
Campaigner Jim Mackie witnessed the former chairman of Moray Mental Health Association's protest.
Mr Mackie said: ''It all happened very quickly. He had put up several placards and had made a speech.
''Just as he slashed his wrists, Malcolm Chisholm arrived in a taxi.
''But he quickly moved inside the building as police apprehended Dixie and called an ambulance.''
Mr Dean was then rushed to the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
An Executive spokesman said Chisholm did not see the incident.
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Chisholm yesterday.
The 67-year-old cut two half-inch gashes in his wrists as Health Minister Chisholm walked in to the parliament building in Edinburgh.
He held his bloodied arms up but the minister did not see the protest.
Mr Dean, of Forres, Moray has been trying to get a report he compiled on mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract taken onboard.
Campaigner Jim Mackie witnessed the former chairman of Moray Mental Health Association's protest.
Mr Mackie said: ''It all happened very quickly. He had put up several placards and had made a speech.
''Just as he slashed his wrists, Malcolm Chisholm arrived in a taxi.
''But he quickly moved inside the building as police apprehended Dixie and called an ambulance.''
Mr Dean was then rushed to the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
An Executive spokesman said Chisholm did not see the incident.
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