Autistic girl, 14, unlawfully detained in hospital, high court judge finds
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5XVNT)
Nurses witnessed girl screaming and sounding very scared' when repeatedly held down on her bed, court told
A 14-year-old autistic girl was unlawfully detained in hospital and restrained in front of scared child patients, a high court judge has found.
On one occasion last month the teenager managed to break into a treatment room where a dying infant was receiving palliative care. She was restrained there by three security guards, Mr Justice MacDonald said, in a judgment in the family court that ordered Manchester city council (MCC) to find the girl a suitable community care placement instead of what he described as the brutal and abusive" and manifestly unsuitable" hospital environment.
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