Helle was 41 years old, married and a mother of three children. She suffered from epilepsy, and that was why she went to the top hospital in Denmark to undergo an ordinary examination for her seizures – hooked up to a video monitor. The staff took away her medication in order to provoke the seizures. In that they were successful. They were also supposed to observe and safeguard her during the seizures, but in that they were not successful.