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The World’s Most Dangerous Hospital

04/12/2014

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Human rights violations uncovered in Guatemala’s hospital for the mentally ill

Human rights violations uncovered in Guatemala’s Federico Mora hospital for the mentally ill.

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Campaigners say it is the world’s worst and most dangerous psychiatric hospital. Human rights violations that take place behind the institution’s walls have remained hidden from view. Chris Rogers goes undercover to reveal the hidden shame of Guatemala’s hospital for the mentally ill.  

(Photo: A patient lies, heavily sedated, on a hospital bed. BBC cpyright)

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