Psychiatric Patient Breaks Into ICU and Disconnects Ventilator, Killing Pneumonia Patient

A tragic incident unfolded at Durand Hospital in Buenos Aires when a female psychiatric patient is alleged to have left her ward and entered the intensive care unit. Investigators say she walked 200 metres into a restricted area and removed the breathing tube from a man in an induced coma for bilateral pneumonia. The victim’s son was told his father suffered a sudden collapse before staff discovered the patient holding the disconnected ventilator tube. Union officials warned the woman had wandered into off-limits zones earlier in the week. Hospital and judicial teams are now probing how security and supervision broke down. The psychiatric patient remains under police guard at another facility while inquiries continue.

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