Andrew McClain - 1998

11-year-old Andrew McClain died because the employees at the Elmcrest Psychiatric Hospital tried to restrain him. It proved to be a deathly decision. He was basically crushed to death because the employees were poorly trained to do their job. Maybe profit mattered more than the safety of the patients. We can not know.

All we know is that a family lost their boy, which should not have been the case.

When you commit your child to the hospital, you believe that your child is safe. This case proves otherwise. Please check up on your child in any residential setting.

May he find peace where he is now.

Sources:

• Andrew's Last Hours (The Hartford Courant)
• A Child Dies in State's Custody (The New York Times)
• Connecticut Examines Use of Restraint Holds on Psychiatric Patients After Death of Boy, 11 (The New York Times)
• Hospital and Employee Are Cited in Death of Boy (The New York Times)