Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mental Patients Often Bound Unnecessarily


Elderly patients suffering from dementia and those with mental handicaps are often kept bound in care institutions. That is the conclusion of the Inspectorate of Health after its inspectors visited 86 institutions. Last year seven people died due to this practice.
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederland/article1903962.ece/Patient_vaak_onnodig_vastgebonden.html

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