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The heartbroken mother of a 12-year-old girl who took her own life after being sectioned has told two hospitals she "will never forgive them". Mia Lucas died at a mental health unit in Sheffield in January last year, but her mother Chloe Hayes also apportioned blame to another hospital where medics failed to spot Mia had an underlying brain disorder. ‌

Chloe criticised a "failure to provide appropriate care to her in her time of need" after an inquest jury found inadequate testing at Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham "possibly contributed" to the death of her "beautiful little girl". ‌

Mia was found unresponsive in her room at the Becton Centre, which is part of Sheffield Children’s Hospital, on January 29 last year. Jurors heard how Mia was suffering from und

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