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Staff slept while patient killed at NHS mental health unit
A sad event happened in a hospital in east London. Rolando Torres-Pena, who is 22 years old, strangled Hugo Flint-Cahan. Hugo died in the hospital ward. The staff were sleeping at the time.
An inquest is looking into what happened. An inquest is a special meeting to find out why someone died. It is important to know why the staff did not stop Rolando. This is a serious problem for the hospital.
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