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Bailey, Harry Richard

Psychiatrist who, with others, treated patients at Chelmsford Private Hospital with Deep Sleep Therapy and electric shock therapy. The death of at least 26 of these patients by 1979 eventually led to a Royal Commission in 1988. Bailey had taken his own life while being investigated in 1985.

Milestone
Born
Picton
29 Oct 1922
Died
Central Coast, NSW
08 Sep 1985
Occupation
Position
1963 - 1979