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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Kieren Williams

Inside 'chaotic' mental health unit where 3 teens took own lives in just 8 months

Three teenage girls tragically took their own lives in a mental health unit that has been slammed as “chaotic and unsafe”, according to a damning new report.

An independent inquiry into Middlesbrough’s West Lane Hospital made a number of shocking revelations.

It shows “excessive and inappropriate” restraint was used on a number of occasions, including when patients were dragged along the floor.

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