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YOUNG MAN TIED TO BED WITH STRAPS FOR TWO WEEKS IN HOSPITAL! Strasbourg court punishes entire country
This is the longest case of so-called "tie-down" that the European court has decided on so far.
TL;DR
- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Denmark violated human rights by restraining a psychiatric patient for over 11 days.
- Denmark was ordered to pay 20,000 euros in compensation for the excessive restraint.
- The patient, a 20-year-old with schizophrenia, was forcibly hospitalized in 2016 and tied to his bed for nearly two weeks.
- This is the longest "tie-down" case the European court has decided.
- Restraint with straps is common in Danish psychiatric facilities, with 3,855 cases in 2024 averaging 17 hours.