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Restrained for Ten Days: The Death of Kelly Savage
Restrained for Ten Days: The Death of Kelly Savage
Calm on admission yet bound at wrists, ankles and waist: a 27-year-old who spoke Japanese, held a university degree and loved the country where he taught was tied to a bed for days. Why did Yamato Hospital place a non-violent, described-as-calm patient in five-point restraints and keep him there through Golden Week?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from Kelly Savage’s life and hospitalization, tracing his move from Wellington to Japan, his JET teaching placement, a prior psychotic episode, and the final ten days in Yamato…
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