The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says it is launching an internal review after a patient who was found not criminally responsible for killing his roommate was discovered to have fled the country.
Its President and C-E-O says the hospital takes the incident seriously and is reassessing all existing privileges for patients.
Zhebin Cong was on an unaccompanied trip into the community on July 3rd when he failed to return, and the hospital says it contacted police that day.
Police issued a public notice asking for help in finding Cong nearly two weeks later and said this week he had left Canada.
Premier Doug Ford said yesterday he's disgusted that a ``nutcase'' was allowed on the street -- comments that have drawn significant backlash.