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Investigation into the unjustified use of Restraint and detention at RDH (Interim Report) - Vol 1

29 Apr 2009

This report is about Corporate Executives at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) between about June 2008 and at least March 2009 establishing an administrative process for detaining and treating people contrary to 8 international standards and in breach of human rights of patients.

This report is about how RDH Corporate Management ignored the objections of its own security officers, misunderstood its own legal advice and instituted policy and procedures which by administrative process purported to authorise actions prohibited by law and international standards.

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