AMs heard that 275 acute hospital beds were occupied by patients in Wales - 57 of them by people exercising their choice to wait for a home and 20 of them by people waiting for financial disputes over their care to be resolved.
The most troubling statement that the chairman of Southern Cross Christopher Fisher made on Radio 4's Today Programme this morning was that in any of its typical care homes with a capacity for 50 residents, Southern Cross makes a profit if 46 of the beds are occupied and a loss if occupancy falls to 43.
Furthermore, more than half of all hospital beds in developing countries are occupied by patients suffering from water and sanitation related diseases.
Ms Dugdale said at the time that 46 beds in the general wards were occupied by patients who were medically fit to leave but were waiting for a care package - such as support from social services.
He said there were 45 beds in three hospitals in the Western Trust occupied by patients who should be in a more appropriate setting such as a nursing home.
Lang and his father moved into Fengtai, a grim neighborhood of Beijing, where they occupied a studio apartment a hundred feet square, with bunk beds, a piano, a tiny galley kitchen, and no heat.
He said there were 45 beds in three hospitals in the Western Trust which were occupied by patients who should be in a more appropriate setting such as a nursing home.