Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
Suicides in mental hospitals were mentioned. Relatives of these patients frequently feel that they were not adequately informed about the situation. I have had complaints from two people. The daughter of one of them committed suicide on the private hospital's premises. In the other case the person's brother left the public hospital and committed suicide. Both relatives were dissatisfied. We also have the problem of sudden deaths of which we had nine, three of them drug reactions.
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