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N.S. Hospital reviewing patient-leave system

CBC News

The Nova Scotia Hospital in Dartmouth is reviewing its policy for giving mental health patients passes to leave the hospital and spend time in the community.

The review comes after two patients committed suicide while on temporary leave from the province's largest psychiatric health facility.

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