Makalie Watts-Owens, a 24-year-old Tagalaka, Kukatja and Worimi woman, voluntarily admitted herself to St Vincent’s before her death
Makalie Watts-Owens took her own life at St Vincent's hospital in Melbourne last Thursday after seeking treatment. Image provided with family permissionMakalie Watts-Owens took her own life at St Vincent's hospital in Melbourne last Thursday after seeking treatment.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “She should have been watched, there should have been systems put into place given that suicide rates are so high among our people, should have been monitored, she shouldn’t have been left alone and she should have felt culturally safe,” Watts-Owens said.
“She asked for help in the best way she knew how and didn’t get it. Shame on St Vincent’s Melbourne.”for emergency departments and mental health services working with suicidal patients state that a person who is hospitalised because of imminent suicide risk should be continuously monitored.
“This latest tragedy is a reminder that urgent changes are required to systems that are clearly failing to support the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”
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