'Don't lock me up' pleads anorexic teen who went on the run after being sectioned
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dont-lock-up-pleads-anorexic-4355254
There appears to have been a complete breakdown of trust her between the local services and the patient and her family (carers). One wonders whether the right sort of effective help was ever actually offered, or did the GP feel he was doing the right thing with regards to safe-guarding Ruth Geddes from herself?
One of the parents says this:
"If she goes in there she'll lose her job, she'll lose her flat and she'll refuse to eat. ... Up until Monday my daughter was happy at work and she was eating well. If she goes into hospital she will die."
"If she goes in there she'll lose her job, she'll lose her flat and she'll refuse to eat. ... Up until Monday my daughter was happy at work and she was eating well. If she goes into hospital she will die."
They have won two tribunals in the past to have her released. Tribunals are like complaints and investigations, if things are being done right it should never even get to that stage. For this family, it keeps happening.
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