Thomas Embling HospitalThomas EmblingHospital isahighsecurityforen-sic mental health hospital located in Faireld, an innerMelbourne suburb in Victoria,Australia. The facilityis operated by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Men-tal Health, known as Forensicare, who are responsibleforprovidingadult forensicmental healthservicesinVictoria.[1]The hospital was purpose built with 116 secure beds andopened in April 2000.[2] It functions as both a prison ser-vice and a hospital service, providing advanced clinicaltreatment and programs for both male and female occu-pants.The hospital is named after Thomas Embling,an En-glish born doctor, who emigrated to Australia and wasappointed Resident Medical Ocer at the Yarra BendLunatic Asylum.Patients are usually admitted from the criminal justicesystem, either via prison transfer or from a court orderfor psychiatric treatment.[3]1 SiteThe grounds of Thomas Embling are on the grounds ofthe former Faireld Infectious Diseases Hospital and ad-jacent to the former HM Prison Fairlea which was origi-nally the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum.2 IncidentsIn February 2015, a patient who had stabbed herboyfriend 17 times, was allowed unescorted leave, andfailed to return to the hospital. [4] She was found safe andwell and returned by police the following day.[5]In May 2014, a patient who was found not guilty of mur-der due to mental impairment was allowed an unsuper-vised leave for a day did not return on time. He was foundand taken into custody peacefully the next day.[6]In March 2013, a patient imprisoned for attempted mur-der was allowed to leave the hospital on unescorted leaveand did not return on the day.[7] She decided to returnafter four days.[8]In December 2012, the body of a patient was found deadwithin the hospital.[9]In November 2009, a patient fatally stabbed two fellowinmates.[10]3 See alsoJ WardKew AsylumBeechworth AsylumList of Australian psychiatric institutions4 External linksForensicare, Victorian Institute of Forensic MentalHealth5 References[1] Forensicare. VictorianGovernment. Retrieved22March 2013.[2] High Security Hospital Opens for Mentally Ill Oenders(Press release).Australia: Government of Victoria.July2000. Retrieved 28 December 2012.[3] Thomas Embling Hospital. Forensicare. Retrieved 22March 2013.[4] Patient Lee Bartel missing from Thomas Embling Hos-pital, Faireld. Herald Sun. 25 Feb 2015.[5] Police nd mental hospital escapee safe and well in Dan-denong. The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 June2015.[6] Man who killed father escapes from Melbourne mentalhealth hospital. The Age. 2 May 2014.[7] Psychiatric patient escapes. The Age. 23 March 2013.[8] Escaped patient returns to criminal hospital.The Age.25 March 2013.[9] Police probe hospital body nd. The Age. 27 December2012.[10] Killer back to hospital. The Age. 29 September 2011.12 6 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES6 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses6.1 Text Thomas EmblingHospital Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Embling_Hospital?oldid=668537129Contributors: Veg-aswikian, Bgwhite, Canley, Maias, Magioladitis, The Anomebot2, DH85868993, Porl666, Spud of Doom, Mabalu, Dawynn, Nemesis63,FrescoBot, BG19bot, BattyBot, Flat Out and Anonymous: 26.2 Images6.3 Content license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0