article_snippet.sent: It is unfortunately a matter of day-to-day occurrence that great emotional responses will take place in a hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Often emotional illness follows, but there is not the necessary element of shock.
article_snippet.sent: There needs to be a suddenly shocking event which, because of its shocking nature, causes that psychiatric illness.
article_snippet.sent: But Lord Justice Sullivan said the incident had no doubt been 'shocking' 'Simply going into hospital and seeing one's loved ones and family looking peaky is not enough,' Lord Justice Sullivan said. '
article_snippet.sent: But it would not be shocking in the sense of being suddenly overwhelmed so as to lead to psychiatric injury.'