Family fight to stop shock therapy being forced on man, 40

A FAMILY are desperately seeking to stop the forced administration of electric shock therapy on a 40-year-old man who is being involuntarily detained at Lakeview mental health unit in Naas, Co Kildare.

Morgan Pritchard’s family have said he is set to be given the controversial electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) against his will and are seeking to have it stopped.

ECT electrically induces seizures in anaesthetised patients.