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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Jane Hamilton

Librarian had to cover shift at hospital housing 'untreatable' Edinburgh psychopath

A librarian was forced to cover a shift at a high security Scottish state hospital that houses an 'untreatable' Edinburgh psychopath.

The staffing crisis at Carstairs in Lanarkshire was laid bare by our sister title the Sunday Mail.

Whistleblowers told the paper that a failure to attract new staff to the hospital is putting current staff and patients at risk and said "it's an accident waiting to happen."

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