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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Aditi Rane & Samantha Mordi

Teen dies in hospital when staff were two and a half minutes late checking on her

A "bubbly" teenager who died in a psychiatric hospital was " badly let down" after staff were two and a half minutes late checking on her.

Chelsea Blue Mooney was classed as a "high risk patient" and had attempted to take her own life on several occasions.

Staff had been instructed to check on her every 10 minutes and Chelsea Blue, who suffered from anorexia and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, was detained at the hospital under the Mental Health Act.

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