Complex sentence: The Senate Committee stated that because of the lack of personnel and space, the invalids lay in their own excrement for days and there were insufficient staff to take away those who died during the night.
Split into simpler sentences: The Senate Committee stated that because of the lack of personnel and space, the invalids lay in their own excrement for days. The Great Shame by Thomas Keneally, published by Vintage in 1999 There were insufficient staff to take away those who died during the night.