A woman says she never wanted her daughter admitted after working on inspections of the hospital.
An honorary president of a learning disability charity said Muckamore Hospital was a "bleak, sad and joyless place".She gave evidence in both her capacity as a mother of a former patient and also as a parents' ambassador for Mencap.Marian had volunteered with the charity from the time that her then two-year-old daughter Laura was diagnosed with severe learning disabilities including non-verbal autism.
Before Laura was admitted to Muckamore, Marian in her capacity as a Mencap volunteer, had been part of a team including doctors, nurses and social workers that had carried out inspections at the hospital. She said during the inspections she raised issues with regards to the running of the ward, describing the hospital "not fit for purpose".She described Muckamore as horrific and said it was "unbelievable that such a place had existed".
Marian told the inquiry that she was not sure what became of the the report that was compiled but she felt that she was not able to complain as she had been at the facility as a volunteer for Mencap.
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