![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/woman-in-psychiatric-hospital-cried-for-help-and-begged-to-go-home-before-dying/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Lauren-Bridges-02JPG.jpg&description=Lauren Bridges, 20, was an aspiring doctor and A-grade student - her mother Lindsey Bridges recalled the heartbreaking moments leading up to her daughter's death A heartbroken mother told an inquest how her daughter tragically "cried for help" before she died while being treated at a psychiatric hospital. Lindsey Bridges to the hearing her daughter Lauren was "massively failed by the system" and was "begging" for her to "get her out" of Cheadle Royal on the evening she was found unconscious in her bathroom at the residence. The mum told South Manchester Coroner's Court that the family had become "concerned" following a proposal that Lauren should be re-located from a "locked rehabilitation unit" at the Priory Hospital in Dorking to a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the group's Cheadle hospital. "We were concerned because PICUs are noisy chaotic environments and not suitable for autistic people," the mum said. "Lauren rang me in distress every night and was so stressed about the prospect of moving she became mute." Lindsey said that Lauren phoned her in a "hysterical" state after learning about the sudden move. "I woke up to a phone call from Lauren," she added. "She was hysterical and said hospital transport was on the way to pick her up. She was given just an hour to pack and we had no time to visit her again and didn't get the opportunity to say goodbye." Ms Bridges added that her daughter was "regularly threatened by" and "lived in fear" of other patients, including one who she claimed had threatened to kill her, reports Manchester Evening News. She also claimed that Lauren was once able to escape the residential facility in just a hospital gown and that at one point she "had all her possessions taken away from her" and was "told she had to earn them back" by staff. Lauren was found unconscious in her bathroom at around 10pm on February 24 and was rushed to hospital where she was moved to the Intensive Care Unit for treatment. A CT scan suggested she ha){kind=link}
Lauren Bridges, 20, was an aspiring doctor and A-grade student – her mother Lindsey Bridges recalled the heartbreaking moments leading up to her daughter’s death
A heartbroken mother told an inquest how her daughter tragically “cried for help” before she died while being treated at a psychiatric hospital.
Lindsey Bridges to the hearing her daughter Lauren was “massively failed by the system” and was “begging” for her to “get her out” of Cheadle Royal on the evening she was found unconscious in her bathroom at the residence. The mum told South Manchester Coroner’s Court that the family had become “concerned” following a proposal that Lauren should be re-located from a “locked rehabilitation unit” at the Priory Hospital in Dorking to a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the group’s Cheadle hospital.
“We were concerned because PICUs are noisy chaotic environments and not suitable for autistic people,” the mum said. “Lauren rang me in distress every night and was so stressed about the prospect of moving she became mute.”
Lindsey said that Lauren phoned her in a “hysterical” state after learning about the sudden move. “I woke up to a phone call from Lauren,” she added. “She was hysterical and said hospital transport was on the way to pick her up. She was given just an hour to pack and we had no time to visit her again and didn’t get the opportunity to say goodbye.”