I’ll try to be a little bit more specific. I’m talking primarily about the psychiatric unit. In November last year a young lady was released on a weekend pass and she disappeared over the weekend and nobody has seen her since. In the last couple of weeks we’ve heard a number of reports of patients from the psychiatric unit coming and going almost as they please. I’m wondering what it takes for us to get in there and review the policies, protocols and procedures of that unit so that we can ensure that when people do leave, that we know they’re coming back, or that there’s some requirement for them to be supervised while they’re released so that we don’t get these situations where people walk out of their homes on a November day and don’t come back, as well as, you know, our patients who are going down for a cigarette or something, we have confidence that our procedures allow or ensure that they come back safe. What does it take?
Glen Abernethy on Question 572-16(5): Safety And Security Of Staff And Psychiatric Patients At Stanton Territorial Hospital
In the Legislative Assembly on March 3rd, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 572-16(5): Safety And Security Of Staff And Psychiatric Patients At Stanton Territorial Hospital
Oral Questions
March 2nd, 2011
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