An aspiring doctor who was detained in a psychiatric hospital five hours from her family home 'cried out for help' and was 'massively failed by the system' before her death, her grieving mum told an inquest.
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A soldier who died on a railway line had been on 'unescorted leave' from a psychatric hospital, a pre-inquest review was told.
Thamir Mbarushimana, 18, died on tracks near his home in Wythenshawe on Sunday, February 16, last year.
The teenager, described by his heartbroken family as a 'wonderful' young man with a 'heart of gold', was a private who had just started training at the Infantry Training Centre at the British Army's Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire.
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But a pre-inquest review heard at the time of his death he was a voluntary in-patient at the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust who had been been given 'unescorted' weekend leave to visit his family in Wythenshawe.
Sitting in Manchester, Assistant Coroner Nick Stanage was told Thamir didn't want medics to tell his parents he was coming from West Park Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Darlington.
Sefton Kwasnik, representing Thamir's family, told the hearing his clients wanted answers at the full inquest about how he came to be allowed home for the weekend on 'unescorted' home leave.
He told the court that events a few days before the death, on January 31, were 'of significance to the inquest' because of the 'interaction' between the hospital and the army.
The lawyer said there had been a 'clear reference' at one stage to the hospital being 'unhappy' with the plan to allow Thamir to return home by train before a 'change of position'.
Mr Kwasnik said his clients wanted to know if the army had 'protocols' in place to fulfil their 'duty of care' to solders in such circumstances.
He said it was of 'significant concern' to the family establish why it had
An aspiring doctor who was detained in a psychiatric hospital five hours from her family home 'cried out for help' and was 'massively failed by the system' before her death, her grieving mum told an inquest.
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