Office of the Public AdvocateA major Australian hospital has admitted to keeping a young disabled man shackled in four-point restraints for five months because there was no alternative treatment or supported accommodation available.
Potential human rights breaches have been raised after the hospital, which cannot be named for legal reasons, was forced to admit it had kept the man continuously shackled to his bed after a support worker alerted the Office of the Public Advocate and sparked an urgent investigation.
