Abuse in mental hospitals needs to be probed

People who were detained against their will and abused in psychiatric institutions are also entitled to have their cases heard and to claim compensation.

To date, the institutions of state that abused people, schools, reformatories and clerical boarding establishments have been called to account but so far the scandal of the mental hospitals has remained under cover.

The fact is people were physically and mentally and sexually abused in some hospitals. In many cases people were detained against their will.