Woman dies at Prague psychiatric hospital after eating her own excrements

The family of a woman, who died at a Prague psychiatric hospital, have lodged a criminal complaint against hospital management, the Aktualne.cz internet news server has reported. The thirty-year old patient, who was being held in a netted bed, suffocated after she attempted to eat her own excrements. The case is also being investigated by the health ministry and the Czech ombudsman.