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China Man Awaiting Sex Change Surgery Sues Hospital, Says He Was Given Electric Shocks
In China, having a sex change procedure is viewed as disrespectful to parents.
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Hospital Staffer Undergoing Psychiatric Care Jumps Off Building, Dies: Cops
A 33-year-old employee of civic-run Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central allegedly dies suicide by jumping off a nearby building on Monday afternoon, a police official said.
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2 Dead, Including Suspect, In US Hospital Shooting
A shooter opened fire on a psychiatric hospital in the northeastern US state of New Hampshire on Friday, killing one person before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.
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China "Routinely" Uses Psychiatric Hospitals To Punish Activists: Report
China's use of psychiatric hospitals to imprison activists without due process remains routine, a rights group has said, accusing doctors and the healthcare system of colluding with authorities in punishing dissidents.
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Man Who Attacked Nitish Kumar Sent For Psychiatric Treatment: Police
The man, who had assaulted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar two days ago, has been admitted to a hospital for psychiatric treatment, a senior police official said here on Tuesday.
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Jailed British-Iranian Worker Sent To Hospital Psychiatric Ward In Tehran
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been transferred from prison to a hospital psychiatric ward, the campaign group seeking to free her said on Wednesday.
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He Killed Classmate, Drank Blood. A Decade Later Caught Faking As Doctor
A Russian man was charged Friday with faking documents to work as a hospital doctor after reportedly spending a decade in a psychiatric facility for killing a high school classmate and drinking his blood.
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Kolkata Man Who Lived With Dead Mother For 18 Days Sent For Psychiatric Treatment
A 38-year-old Kolkata resident who was arrested for keeping his dead mother's body locked up in their house has been sent to a hospital for psychiatric treatment. This step came after the post-mortem report of the mother's body did not indicate any foul play, police sources said.
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Vijay Mallya's Extradition Hearing Told Of Abuse Of UK "Chennai Six"
One of the "Chennai Six" group of ex-British soldiers jailed in India was dragged to a psychiatric hospital and force-fed anti-psychotic tablets during his time in jail, a London court considering whether to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya was told on Thursday.
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Turkish Policeman Tries To Kill Self In Istanbul Hospital, Causes Panic
A Turkish hospital official says an armed police officer receiving psychiatric treatment at an Istanbul hospital barricaded himself into a room and attempted to commit suicide on Wednesday, causing panic.
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Over 100 Psychiatric Patients Escape As Kenya Doctors Strike
More than 100 patients escaped from Kenya's only psychiatric hospital on Monday as doctors and nurses joined a national hospital strike for pay rises.
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Anorexic Woman Weighing 69 Pounds Has A Right To Starve, Court Rules
The 69-pound woman has battled anorexia for the majority of her life. In her preschool dance classes, she compared the size of her thighs to other girls' limbs, and when she was 13, she started purging.
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Kanye West Hospitalised Due to Exhaustion, Cancels Music Tour
Kanye West was being treated at a University of California, Los Angeles clinic, and he was undergoing psychiatric tests after being examined for exhaustion
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Belgium Gets World's Biggest Pickled Brain Collection
A new collection in the psychiatric hospital of Duffel in the north of Belgium makes for a ghoulish sight: around 3,000 preserved brains that were originally saved by a British doctor.
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Ex-US President Ronald Reagan's Shooter Released From Hospital: Report
John Hinckley Jr, the man who shot former US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released on Saturday from a Washington psychiatric hospital, a media report said.
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China Man Awaiting Sex Change Surgery Sues Hospital, Says He Was Given Electric Shocks
In China, having a sex change procedure is viewed as disrespectful to parents.
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Hospital Staffer Undergoing Psychiatric Care Jumps Off Building, Dies: Cops
A 33-year-old employee of civic-run Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central allegedly dies suicide by jumping off a nearby building on Monday afternoon, a police official said.
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2 Dead, Including Suspect, In US Hospital Shooting
A shooter opened fire on a psychiatric hospital in the northeastern US state of New Hampshire on Friday, killing one person before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.
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China "Routinely" Uses Psychiatric Hospitals To Punish Activists: Report
China's use of psychiatric hospitals to imprison activists without due process remains routine, a rights group has said, accusing doctors and the healthcare system of colluding with authorities in punishing dissidents.
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Man Who Attacked Nitish Kumar Sent For Psychiatric Treatment: Police
The man, who had assaulted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar two days ago, has been admitted to a hospital for psychiatric treatment, a senior police official said here on Tuesday.
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Jailed British-Iranian Worker Sent To Hospital Psychiatric Ward In Tehran
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been transferred from prison to a hospital psychiatric ward, the campaign group seeking to free her said on Wednesday.
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He Killed Classmate, Drank Blood. A Decade Later Caught Faking As Doctor
A Russian man was charged Friday with faking documents to work as a hospital doctor after reportedly spending a decade in a psychiatric facility for killing a high school classmate and drinking his blood.
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Kolkata Man Who Lived With Dead Mother For 18 Days Sent For Psychiatric Treatment
A 38-year-old Kolkata resident who was arrested for keeping his dead mother's body locked up in their house has been sent to a hospital for psychiatric treatment. This step came after the post-mortem report of the mother's body did not indicate any foul play, police sources said.
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Vijay Mallya's Extradition Hearing Told Of Abuse Of UK "Chennai Six"
One of the "Chennai Six" group of ex-British soldiers jailed in India was dragged to a psychiatric hospital and force-fed anti-psychotic tablets during his time in jail, a London court considering whether to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya was told on Thursday.
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Turkish Policeman Tries To Kill Self In Istanbul Hospital, Causes Panic
A Turkish hospital official says an armed police officer receiving psychiatric treatment at an Istanbul hospital barricaded himself into a room and attempted to commit suicide on Wednesday, causing panic.
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Over 100 Psychiatric Patients Escape As Kenya Doctors Strike
More than 100 patients escaped from Kenya's only psychiatric hospital on Monday as doctors and nurses joined a national hospital strike for pay rises.
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Anorexic Woman Weighing 69 Pounds Has A Right To Starve, Court Rules
The 69-pound woman has battled anorexia for the majority of her life. In her preschool dance classes, she compared the size of her thighs to other girls' limbs, and when she was 13, she started purging.
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Kanye West Hospitalised Due to Exhaustion, Cancels Music Tour
Kanye West was being treated at a University of California, Los Angeles clinic, and he was undergoing psychiatric tests after being examined for exhaustion
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Belgium Gets World's Biggest Pickled Brain Collection
A new collection in the psychiatric hospital of Duffel in the north of Belgium makes for a ghoulish sight: around 3,000 preserved brains that were originally saved by a British doctor.
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Ex-US President Ronald Reagan's Shooter Released From Hospital: Report
John Hinckley Jr, the man who shot former US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released on Saturday from a Washington psychiatric hospital, a media report said.
