Thomas Embling Hospital

Thomas Embling Hospital is a high security foren- inmates.[10]

sic mental health hospital located in Faireld, an inner
Melbourne suburb in Victoria, Australia. The facility
is operated by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Men- 3 See also
tal Health, known as Forensicare, who are responsible
for providing adult forensic mental health services in
J Ward
Victoria.[1]
Kew Asylum
The hospital was purpose built with 116 secure beds and
opened in April 2000.[2] It functions as both a prison service and a hospital service, providing advanced clinical
treatment and programs for both male and female occupants.

Beechworth Asylum
List of Australian psychiatric institutions

The hospital is named after Thomas Embling, an English born doctor, who emigrated to Australia and was
appointed Resident Medical Ocer at the Yarra Bend
Lunatic Asylum.

4 External links
Forensicare, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental
Health

Patients are usually admitted from the criminal justice

system, either via prison transfer or from a court order
for psychiatric treatment.[3]

5 References
[1] Forensicare.
March 2013.

Site

Retrieved 22

[2] High Security Hospital Opens for Mentally Ill Oenders

(Press release). Australia: Government of Victoria. July
2000. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

The grounds of Thomas Embling are on the grounds of

the former Faireld Infectious Diseases Hospital and adjacent to the former HM Prison Fairlea which was originally the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum.

Victorian Government.

[3] Thomas Embling Hospital. Forensicare. Retrieved 22

March 2013.
[4] Patient Lee Bartel missing from Thomas Embling Hospital, Faireld. Herald Sun. 25 Feb 2015.

Incidents

[5] Police nd mental hospital escapee safe and well in Dandenong. The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 June
2015.

In February 2015, a patient who had stabbed her

boyfriend 17 times, was allowed unescorted leave, and
failed to return to the hospital. [4] She was found safe and
well and returned by police the following day.[5]

[6] Man who killed father escapes from Melbourne mental

health hospital. The Age. 2 May 2014.

In May 2014, a patient who was found not guilty of murder due to mental impairment was allowed an unsupervised leave for a day did not return on time. He was found
and taken into custody peacefully the next day.[6]

[7] Psychiatric patient escapes. The Age. 23 March 2013.

[8] Escaped patient returns to criminal hospital. The Age.
25 March 2013.

In March 2013, a patient imprisoned for attempted mur- [9] Police probe hospital body nd. The Age. 27 December
der was allowed to leave the hospital on unescorted leave
2012.
and did not return on the day.[7] She decided to return
[10] Killer back to hospital. The Age. 29 September 2011.
after four days. [8]
In December 2012, the body of a patient was found dead
within the hospital.[9]
In November 2009, a patient fatally stabbed two fellow
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