Youth’s treatment in mental health home not against law

Some 40 people live in a similar situation to the 19-year-old youth Brandon who is tied to a wall in a home for the mentally-handicapped, junior health minister Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten told MPs on Wednesday.


The boy’s treatment might seem shocking, but it does not break the law, the minister said.
MPs are debating the case, highlighted on a television show on Tuesday, later on Wednesday.

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