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02-23-11, 05:26 PM #1
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Mental health services fail
Leicestershire NHS Trust sorry for 'Satan' driver's care
BBC News - Leicestershire NHS Trust sorry for 'Satan' driver's care
I don't know what mental health care is like in the US or elsewhere in the world but this is typical in the UK they hardly ever detain people who are obviously a danger to themselves or others.Leicestershire NHS Trust has apologised for its care of a mentally-ill woman who ran over and killed a mother and daughter in her car.
Gemma Montanaro, 41, said she thought Satan was driving when she lost control in Saffron Lane, Leicester, in 2007.
The previous evening she had been assessed in hospital by mental health teams and allowed to return home.
An independent report published on Wednesday found there had been a "lapse in safe standards of care"."all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke.
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02-24-11, 12:23 AM #2
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Sounds about right. Bring someone in that is going nuts and they let them go in a couple hours. Then they go off again
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02-24-11, 05:21 AM #3
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Most definitely a revolving door here. Even if they are held involuntarily, that will only last a few days unless it becomes voluntary.
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02-24-11, 08:02 AM #4
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Same here.
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02-24-11, 02:05 PM #5
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It's as bad here , Dave.
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