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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Woman living in fear after being injected with needle that pricked security guard in A&E struggle

Reuters

A woman who was injected with a needle that also pricked a security guard during an A&E struggle is living in fear she could have been infected with a virus.

Lucy, who did not want her real name used, claims she was “ferociously” pinned down by four security guards and forcibly injected with a sedative while suffering a mental health crisis at a hospital in Manchester in spring last year.

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