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Tristan Kirk

Suicidal patient died after being mistakenly let out of short-staffed NHS hospital

An activist took their own life after being wrongly allowed to leave a dangerously short-staffed NHS hospital while on suicide watch, an inquest has found.

Billy Guedalla, 46, was admitted to the Gardner ward of Homerton Hospital in east London during a mental health crisis in October 2021, and a clinical decision was taken not to let them leave for their own safety.

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