Clinic scandal: girl (11) mistakenly admitted to psychiatry

An 11-year-old was mistakenly admitted to a psychiatry in New Zealand. Police had confused the disabled child with a missing woman

Agents mistakenly believed that the child was a 20-year-old woman who was missing

Taken for another, the girl was handcuffed and forcibly taken by the police. After 12 hours and a sting of a powerful medicine, they noticed their mistake.

The 11-year-old girl was confused with another adult patient, who spent more than 12 hours in the hospital before the police realized her mistake.

An 11-year-old girl was admitted to a psychiatric hospital and given antipsychotic medication after police "mistaken" her for an adult in New Zealand, prompting an investigation by the prime minister.

SYDNEY. In New Zealand, an eleven-year-old girl has been admitted to the psychiatry and placed under strong medication because police officers confused the girl with a missing woman.