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Azrar Ayub
Family's legal action after death
29/ 7/2008
THE family of a mental health patient who died at a Greater Manchester hospital is considering legal action after a jury at his inquest said an attempt was made to conceal facts about his death.
Azrar Ayub, 24, who suffered from schizophrenia, died in a seclusion room where he had been placed after being restrained at the Edenfield psychiatric unit at Prestwich Hospital on May 28, 2004.
A jury at Rochdale Coroner's Court found the way he had been restrained had been `inappropriate' at times, and that a member of staff had `unintentionally' knelt on his back.
In a two-page narrative verdict they added: "It is the jury's opinion that there has been an attempt to conceal the carrying of Mr Ayub, the (unintentional) kneeling upon his back and the degree of observation and assessment."
Mr Ayub was originally detained under the Mental Health Act at the hospital in November 2000 after he was convicted of raping a 21-year-old woman in Oldham in 1999 and jailed for eight years.
He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The jury at his inquest found that his illness, plus the physical and psychological exertion brought on by prolonged restraint, contributed to his death.
Mr Ayub's brother Sarfraz Ayub, 30, said: "We are considering taking legal action in light of the verdict."
Cath Moran, director of operations and nursing at the Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The trust once again offers sincere condolences to Azrar's family."
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