Staffers at Bryan Psychiatric Hospital sat on William Avant's arms and chest for at least four minutes. When they turned him over, he was blue in the face and had no pulse.
A patient at a psychiatric hospital in South Carolina suffocated to death after staffers piled on top of him in direct violation of hospital protocol, according to a report from the state coroner's office.
William Avant was an patient at the G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, for more than 12 years. According to records, Avant, 36, had been diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome, a chromosomal disorder that's linked with anxiety, depression, learning disabilities and poor impulse control.
The death of William Avant, 36, has been ruled a homicide by suffocation. Avant, a patient at a South Carolina psychiatric hospital, stopped breathing after staff place him face down and sat on his back and arms.On January 22 at around 10:40am, Avant began kicking a glass window in the hospital, according toreported of video of the incident. Staffers tried to console him, but he grew more agitated and rushed toward a room housing medication and attempted to push the door open.
Additionally, the manual prohibits placing patients in a prone position with their chest facing the floor."They should remain on their side."Following the incident, several of the 13 staffers involved were suspended and all hospital employees were retrained. The Department of Mental Health has not released its full report of the incident—or disclosed additional consequences faced by workers—citing privacy laws.
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