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'Major' review of NSW mental crisis system, after two patients allegedly linked to three deaths escaped the same hospital

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The New South Wales government is investigating circumstances surrounding the escape of two patients from the same hospital, who days later were allegedly involved in separate incidents resulting in the deaths of three people. Mental health professionals say it's again thrown the state's mental health care crisis into the spotlight.
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