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  "id": 2020950,
  "title": "Mental health patients still absconding despite recent fatal incidents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/mental-health-patients-still-absconding-despite-recent-fatal-incidents",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T21:02:42.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/mental-health-patients-escape-cumberland-hospital-despite-review/107055188"
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  "summary": "Mental health patients at Cumberland Hospital in Sydney's west have absconded more than a dozen times since February, when two patient escapes were linked to the deaths of three people.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/fg-to-decriminalise-attempted-suicide-approves-mental-health-act",
        "published": "2026-08-19T17:04:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}