"A mental health trust says it is planning to install CCTV following the death of a patient in mysterious circumstances. Maria Morris, 44, was found unresponsive at Bethlem Hospital in south London on 21 September 2021 with four socks down her throat, and a large unexplained bruise on her back. She died hours later in hospital from a brain injury caused by a lack of oxygen."
"On the evening of the 21 September, Maria was observed by staff in her room at 20:00 and then again at 20:30. At 21:23 a member of staff found her unconscious on the floor of her room, having had a cardiac arrest. During attempts to resuscitate her, a sock was found in her throat. When paramedics arrived, three further socks were removed from her throat."
"When found, she was delusional and taken to Croydon Hospital. She was transferred to Bethlem Royal Hospital, a mental health hospital run by South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLAM), on 18 September where she was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The jury was told that while Maria was on the unit, she raised a number of concerns about how staff were treating patients. She told one member of staff that patients were being "punished" at night."
Maria Morris, 44, was found unresponsive in her room at Bethlem Royal Hospital on 21 September 2021, with four socks down her throat and a large unexplained bruise on her back. She suffered a hypoxic brain injury and died after two cardiac arrests on 22 September. She had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act on 18 September after becoming delusional and stopping medication. Staff observed her at 20:00 and 20:30 before she was found unconscious at 21:23. A consultant questioned possible assault, and an inquest jury returned an accidental death verdict. South London and Maudsley NHS Trust plans to install CCTV.
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