Not progress
She was charged but proceedings were immediately discontinued when the authorities were informed that she had been admitted for treatment.
A senior clinician newly arrived from England justly described the decision as “very enlightened”.
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Hide AdNow, in the ensuing century, we read (your report, 13 August) of a mother in precisely the same situation who will, in the full blaze of publicity rather than being protected by patient confidentiality, be detained for a period of three years, a proportion of which, given a good response to treatment, will be served in prison.
Is this progress?
Gerald McGovern
Gilmour Road