Data obtained by W5 in a months-long search has revealed that in the past ten years hundreds of Canadians have taken their own lives while in the care of hospitals.

Patients, many suffering from mental illnesses, have been able to use means available at a hospital to end their lives while they are supposed to be under hospital care.

Families of these individuals are amazed that their loved ones would be able to manage this while under strict observation.

The Tiwari family brought 20 year old Prashant Tiwari to the Brampton Civic this past June after a failed suicide attempt, feeling they had done the right thing to get him help.

"We knew my brother was suicidal, we knew he was depressed, we sent him to the hospital on time and he died anyways," said Gautam Tiwari.

His family never could have imagined that Prashant would be able to go missing for near to three hours and hang himself while under psychiatric care at that hospital.

The family is now calling for a coroner's inquest into his death. Yet, despite coroners inquests and other investigations into similar suicide deaths across the country, in-care suicide deaths continue to happen from coast to coast.

Former B.C. coroner and nurse instructor Kathleen Stephany thinks Canada needs a coordinated plan to prevent these deaths. "What we need in Canada is we need a national strategy for suicide prevention,” said Stephany, “you would have standards of practice for every single hospital in the country.”

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