Serial escapes in psychiatry in Toulouse: Jean-Luc Moudenc understands and shares the concern of Toulouse residents”
His reaction was expected. Jean-Luc Moudenc, mayor of Toulouse, speaks for the first time about the series of escapes in the city’s hospitals and asks the ARS to be transparent.
Since January 19 and the escape of Jérémy Rimbaud nicknamed “The cannibal of the Pyrenees”, three individuals suffering from serious psychiatric pathologies have escaped from psychiatric hospitals in Toulouse. Jean-Luc Moudenc, the mayor of the Pink City, speaks for the first time on this unprecedented series of leaks of patients interned in health establishments.
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The city councilor declares: “Alert last Wednesday of the first escape, I of course keep myself informed of the evolution of the situation since. I understand and share the concern of the people of Toulouse. It is quite legitimate! On the side of the Town Hall, I mobilized the municipal police to contribute to the efforts of the forces of national order to find these individuals as quickly as possible and protect the people of Toulouse. At the same time, I know the hospital management teams are fully committed to restoring the situation and put an end to this unprecedented series. It is also important that the Regional Health Agency (ARS) communicates, quickly and transparently, the results of the inspection it has carried out as well as the emergency and more long-term, concerning the care of patients placed in psychiatric units as well as their control, which should accompany these conclusions.