ECT man’s family denied his records

THE family of a 40-year-old man being involuntarily detained in a Co Kildare psychiatric unit have claimed they have been told they cannot access his medical records because they “went public” with his story.

As reported in Thursday’s Irish Examiner, Morgan Pritchard was due to undergo a treatment of forced electric shock treatment (ECT) yesterday. This decision, however, was reversed at the last minute and Mr Pritchard’s doctors have decided to carry out a further course of drugs treatment instead.

Mr Pritchard’s sister Sarah Duffin said his mother was told she could not access his medical files as they had spoken to the media about Morgan’s ECT in order to put pressure on the hospital to stop it.