PATIENT DISAPPEARS FROM HOSP, FOUND UNCONSCIOUS TWO DAYS LATER

A 25-year-old woman suffering from severe depression and
admitted to Mount Darwin District Hospital disappeared from her ward on October
20 and was found at Concession, some 136km away, two days later unconscious and
with her hands tied.

The hospital …

A 25-year-old woman suffering from severe depression and admitted to Mount Darwin District Hospital disappeared from her ward on October 20 and was found at Concession, some 136km away, two days later unconscious and with her hands tied. The hospital did not report the patient was missing to relatives or the police until October 22; when the woman’s aunt heard the news she rushed to Mt Darwin