On 17 May Mei was force-fed by an inmate who had no medical skills at all, the feeding tube was wrongly inserted causing serious injuries. After she returned to her cell she had a headache and started to vomit blood, lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness again. Mei was the 19th Falun Gong member to die in police custody. (23 May 2000)
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Ashworth Hospital
Parkbourn, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.
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Monday 15th of May 2017 (-) — Serial killer Ian Brady dies of lung cancer. Brady was receiving 'end of life treatment' at Ashworth after 30 years in their care. In a statement Ashworth Hospital said: “We can confirm a 79 year old patient in long term care has died after becoming physically unwell.”