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I visited Long Bay Hospital in Matraville, Sydney.
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The Visit I visited Long Bay Hospital in Matraville, Sydney, on the morning of Tuesday, May 1st. As the hospital is located within the grounds of Long Bay Correctional Complex, I had to pass through two separate security checkpoints- one at the main gate and the second at the entrance to the hospital. Immediately, one become aware of the unique milieu- that Long Bay Hospital would be unlike any other public psychiatric unit. Despite nominally being a hospital, the facility is predominantly a prison. My visit was centered on ward D of the hospital, which is an acute psychiatric unit. There, I participated in a ward round/case conference with some patients, the duty psychiatrist and one of the nurses. Six patients were interviewed during the conference, with the general focus being a review of each patient's clinical progress. However, we did have some opportunity to obtain a brief history from most of...
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