Devastated family members were unaware she had even left the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital unit when they were told the much loved 41-year old's body had been found on a beach, north of Brisbane.
Angelica Johnson took her own life within days of being released from a public psychiatric unit, triggering accusations she was "abandoned" by the Queensland health system.
Angelica's grieving brother Matt Johnson says the friend had not heard from her in months, and was unaware she was even in hospital."No one was told, no one was contacted. Speaking to her on the phone a few times a week, she wasn't well, she was upset, she was crying constantly. I don't know how she could have appeared to be someone that was well enough to look after themself.
"We need our community mental health services to be functioning seven days a week with significant numbers of staff on. The whole system is not designed for good care." He says his "very loving and caring" older sister, was discharged on a Friday afternoon when "the services she's supposed to be referred to don't operate for another two-and-a-half days"."Verifying the support that someone has … actually checking, just making the phone call, making the contact, any kind of follow up could have saved this from happening.
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