Overview

• The Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa says its Quality and Patient Safety Committee is analyzing the case and that CatSalut protocols were applied, while the Health Department will study what happened.
• ERC and Vox requested the appearance of consellera Olga Pané and other officials in Parliament, and the Terrassa city council called for a transparent investigation.
• The patient, assessed as high suicide risk, died by suicide on August 22 in an emergency box after more than 48 hours waiting for a psychiatry bed, and another psychiatric patient escaped the ER three days later.
• An internal email from July 2 warned management that overload in the emergency department put patient safety at risk; two workers who witnessed the incident remain on leave and received psychological support.
• Government sources reject negligence but acknowledge doctor shortages and the need for separate psychiatric spaces, as unions report chronic deficits, long waits of up to five weeks, and no family complaint has been made public.