the Marchant hospital recalls the complexity of its mission
Marchant Hospital, a Toulouse psychiatric institution located on Route d’Espagne, just opposite the former AZF site, has been facing an unprecedented wave of patient runaways since January 19.
The most serious, the first, caused a serious injury: a 73-year-old lady violently attacked by Jérémy Rimbaud, alias the “cannibal of Nouilhan”, declared criminally irresponsible after a savage murder in 2013. This woman had both arms broken on January 19 near her home, when this patient jumped on her, hitting her with a stick.
Followed at least two other discharges without authorization of patients requiring the intervention of the police, and France Bleu Occitanie revealing to you that two other patients had left the psychiatric establishment hastily on January 22.
Renewed trust in staff
In the press release sent this Friday by the Marchant hospital, the members of the supervisory board meeting in the morning wish to send “a message of support to the victim and his relativesThis woman, Françoise C., filed a complaint against Jérémy Rimbaud and against the establishment.
The text, on a page, that speaks”shock wave in the population and within the hospital“, highlights above all the complex mission of psychiatric establishmentsoften caricatured by the general public, combining “the search for a constant balance between patients’ rights and safety of care“.
The Supervisory Board specifies that it renews its confidence in the staff of the Gérard-Marchant hospital. The institution is now awaiting the conclusions of the various national and regional inspections.