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David Meikle & Jacob Farr

Tragic death of doctor who died in Edinburgh hospital to be examined

The death of a doctor after a battle with mental illness is to be examined on the orders of Scotland's top law officer.

Sara MacRae, 55, qualified from the University of Aberdeen in 1988 and specialised in psychiatry but following bouts of depression and psychosis she was a regular patient in hospital.

MacRae, originally from the Isle of Skye, repeatedly told medics that she felt suicidal in the weeks and months before her death and requested anti-depressants.

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