Stratheden psychiatric hospital has been “heavily criticised” by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman for its treatment of Daniel Muirhead, according to the Scottish Express. The findings were issued after a year-long probe that was prompted by complaints from Daniel and his mother, MIA Foreign Correspondent Chrys Muirhead.
The Express recounts that at one point hospital staff transported Daniel Muirhed to a different facility while he was “barefoot and wearing boxer shorts,” then locked him in seclusion where he spent hours without food, running water or a toilet.
“Last night furious patient campaigners expressed their shock and disgust at the 11-page [Ombudsman’s] dossier, describing the treatment as ‘cruel’,” reports the Express. “Mr Muirhead, who is now in better health, insisted psychiatric wards are ‘doing more harm than good’.”
The paper indicates that the Ombudsman’s findings “will be handed to police for further investigation.”
HOSPITAL HORRORS: Patient locked in cell with no toilet, food or water (Scottish Express, October 5, 2014)
This kind of ‘treatment’ sounds like something from medieval times .
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It is medieval. But who wants to take a bet that nobody will be punished over that, certainly not with jail or even revoking the licence?
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Dear Chrys and Daniel,
I hope you have the strength to keep fighting for redress. The more of us that do so the more these idiots might consider the harm they do to those already in their darkest hour.
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Well lets see what happens. Being dragged around for public humiliation (while hurt) and locked in a cell without toilet or food or water – I have the feeling someone will pay for it.
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