Hospital says it evaluated Germanwings co-pilot--Had been patient past 2 months!

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perhaps I am just catching up (no TV this am) --but this is more than interdsting.


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4:10 p.m. (1510 GMT, 11:10 a.m. EDT) A Duesseldorf hospital says the co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 had been a patient there over the past two months. Duesseldorf University Hospital said in a statement Friday that Andreas Lubitz last came to...





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Mar 27, 11:14 AM (ET)

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4:10 p.m. (1510 GMT, 11:10 a.m. EDT)

A Duesseldorf hospital says the co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 had been a patient there over the past two months.

Duesseldorf University Hospital said in a statement Friday that Andreas Lubitz last came to the hospital for "diagnostic evaluation" on March 10. It declined to provide details about his condition but denied German media reports that it had treated the 27-year-old pilot for depression.

The hospital says it has submitted Lubitz's patient record to prosecutors in Duesseldorf, where he lived.

[Rex]

1. Well, in fairness I have no doubt a lot of pilots get depressed every now and then.

Now if they mean he was clinically depressed that might be a different story. He was obviously out of his mind and was able to hide it well, all the way up until the very end. Maybe they mean he was clinically depressed, the link is broken.

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2. yes, I fear this horrible incident will increase the stigma for

those with depression. It could be a teaching moment for Health officials to make some announcements about depressing and its treatment.






Family members of a victim kneel by a stele and flowers laid in memory of the victims are placed in the area where the Germanwings jetliner crashed in the French Alps, in Le Vernet, France, Friday, March 27, 2015. The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 into an Alpine mountain, which killed all 150 people aboard, has raised questions about the mental state of the co-pilot. Authorities believe the 27-year-old German deliberately sought to destroy the Airbus A320 as it flew Tuesday from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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4. I do too, depression is so misunderstood by people that don't get it.

They think it is just something you can snap out of OR you are purposely being that way to get attention (been there, got hurt by it) and should just GROW UP. And that is just mild depression, the depths are endless and I wonder if the co-pilot suffered from clinical depression.

No doubt I will get yelled at for saying this, but I feel a deep amount of pity for him. I cannot think of anything sadder than the loss of ones humanity and the urge to murder others, because they still have theirs.

RIP to all the people on Flight 9525.

[Surya Gayatri]

5. Agree, not 'anything sadder than the loss of ones humanity and the urge to murder others'...

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3. Ok, found an article about this ..

I had heard of a note last night but not the contents:


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/andreas-lubitz-co-pilot-hid-illness


MONTABAUR, Germany (AP) — Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said Friday.

The evidence came from the search of Lubitz's homes in two German cities for an explanation of why he crashed the Airbus A320 into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

Prosecutor's spokesman Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a written statement that torn-up sick notes for the day of the crash "support the current preliminary assessment that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues."

Such sick notes from doctors excusing employees from work are common in Germany and issued even for minor illnesses. Herrenbrueck didn't reveal details of what illness Lubitz was suffering from.

Herrenbrueck said other medical documents found indicated "an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment," but that no suicide note was found. He added there was no indication of any political or religious motivation for Lubitz's actions.

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6. Link doesn't work. nt