"Being wrongfully discharged"

I believe someone was being racist and being a bully towards me. I recall that the accused called me a racist slur, showed me lewd pictures in class and called me a homophobic slur in front of other patients. I told a nurse and I remember I was told to stay in my room until someone could come and speak to me about it in the morning. So I waited and waited, I missed my morning medication and breakfast then finally a nurse came to see me and I explained it to them. I requested to be separated from the accused in program class and I told the nurse that I am still upset and angry and might not be able to control myself and confront the accused if I see them in class. I remember the nurse said that they will speak to the senior clinician and my psychiatrist and I was told to stay in my room.

A few moments later, my psychiatrist came to my room and I had to explain everything again and I recall the psychiatrist said that they understood how I felt and told me to go for a walk to calm down and if I'm still upset and angry, they will prescribe me some medication for it. The nurse and I agreed to the ok plan.

I remember that as I left my room to the elevator, the senior clinician stopped me and told me to go back to my room and I have 2 minutes to explain to them on what's going on. The senior clinician said that they spoke to the accused already. While trying to explain to them, I believe they kept interrupting me and I felt they didn't even want to listen to what I have to say. I recall the senior clinician told me that if I felt that way (being bullied), they told me to pack my bags and leave. I was very upset when they said that. I told the senior clinician that the psychiatrist told me to go for a walk to calm down and it seemed to me the senior clinician left in disgust. Before the senior clinician left, I managed to asked them what's going to happen to the accused and I remember they said that the accused gets to stay because they are sick. I told the senior clinician that I am sick too, that's why I'm in the hospital getting treatment and I felt they gave me the evil look like they don't like to be corrected.

So I left the hospital to go for a walk to calm myself down. As I was crossing the street I got a call from the senior clinician and was apparently told to pack up and leave. When I asked them why, I recall they hung up on me. I believe the senior clinician didn't gave me a chance to go for a walk to calm down or a chance to calm down by medication. It felt like the senior clinician basically made up their mind when they left my room earlier. It seemingly took the senior clinician less than 5 minutes to call me and inform me of the news.

I went back up to my room to pack my bags and went to the front desk and asked for my discharge papers so that I can know on what grounds I got kicked out, when a group of other patients surrounded me and asked me why I have my bags with me and I told them about how I spoke up about what happened to me and as I understand it, I got kicked out and the bully gets to stay. I recall that all of them were furious because most of them were there when the accused bullied me. They complained to the nurses and backed me up but I believe it fell on deaf ears. When I got my discharge letter, I told one of the nurses that the way they handled this was wrong and it appeared to me that whoever speaks up gets punished. I also remember telling the nurse that I am depressed, emotionally unstable and don't know where to go but they said it's out of their hand. I was escorted out from the hospital by 2 nurses and they wouldn't let me say goodbye to other patients that I made friends with.

Based on my experience, when I spoke out, I got kicked out and the bully got to stay. I feel the hospital kicked me out knowing that I don't have a place to go to and I'm emotionally unstable and depressed. I told them about it and I believe they just don't care, especially the senior clinician. I understand that there are plenty of witnesses in the hospital and they spoke up as well but I think it fell on deaf ears.

I went away to a certain place to take my life because of this. Because there were families and kids at that place, I abandoned my plan and kept driving and driving and eventually I got arrested by a police officer and was brought to a different mental health hospital.

I am traumatised by all this and I feel I can't trust any hospital staff again. This also brings back bad memories of when I got bullied at work after I injured my back. I might have missed a few details but I believe I have many of the other patients at South Coast Private Hospital that can confirm I was being bullied. Added bonus for you, as I understand it, there was a case of some patient touching another patient inappropriately and I believe they were treated the same way. I believe they were told to leave instead of the culprit and that it happened a week before what happened to me.

Also like to add that on my first admission I complained that there were cockroaches in my room and killed a few and showed it to the nurses and I recall that no action was taken but another patient that was admitted a week later complained about cockroaches, as it seemed to me they moved them to another room. Feels that I've been bullied by staff and a patient.