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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Michele Paduano and Rebecca Thomas

‘He went to hospital as a physically healthy young man but never came home. Now we want answers’

Adrian Francis, left, 33, died in June 2023 after being treated at Hallam Street Hospital in West Bromwich - (Family handout)

Adrian Francis walked into hospital in June 2023 as a physically healthy young man. Days later, having been left in an “immobile state”, he was dead.

The 33-year-old, who once represented Britain in sprinting, had been reduced to a catatonic state after health workers at Hallam Street Hospital in West Bromwich apparently pinned him down and forcibly gave him antipsychotic medication.

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