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Terrassa Hospital Says Protocols Were Followed as Dual Probes Open Into ER Suicide

Weeks before the death, emergency doctors warned that patient safety was at risk.

Exterior del Hospital Universitari de Terrassa, este jueves.
El Hospital Universitari de Terrassa, este jueves.
Hospital de Terrassa CST
El Hospital Universitari de Terrassa en una imagen de archivo.

Overview

  • The patient, assessed as high suicide risk, spent more than 48 hours in the emergency department awaiting a psychiatric bed after being admitted on August 20 and died by suicide on August 22.
  • The Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa states clinicians acted with professionalism under established procedures and its Quality and Patient Safety Committee is reviewing the case as the Catalan Health Department conducts a parallel investigation.
  • Terrassa’s city council has requested a transparent inquiry, and ERC, PP and Vox have asked the health minister, Olga Pané, and senior CatSalut and CST officials to appear before the Parliament’s health committee.
  • Unions and staff cite a chronic shortage of psychiatric beds and staffing, reporting ER waits of up to five weeks and noting emergency areas lack the safety adaptations of inpatient psychiatry; workers say another psychiatric patient escaped on August 25.
  • Two emergency workers remain on sick leave and received psychological support from the hospital, and no family complaint has been publicly reported.