Patient suspect raped by another patient – the psychiatric emergency – Aftonbladet

The male patient is suspected of raping a female patient.

Both were inmates at the psychiatric emergency room in Stockholm.

The man is arrested and removed from the ward.

– It is deeply unfortunate, says Göran Rydén, Operations Manager at North Stockholm psychiatry.

It was on Wednesday evening that a male patient came in for a female patient at the psychiatric emergency department at Saint Göran hospital in Stockholm.

the department’s staff must have noticed what happened and police reported the incident, which is now being investigated as a suspected rape .

“had an incident”

– We had an incident at one of our departments, that’s right. In the notification classified as suspected rape. As soon as we became aware of it was made a police report says Göran Rydén, Operations Manager at North Stockholm Psychiatry.

The police confirms that the suspected rape leveled against an inpatient and that the suspected abuser is also patient.

“occurred between the two patients’

– There has been between two patients, says Claes Hedbom, investigators at the police in Stockholm City.

the man has been arrested on Thursday.

– There is arrested on suspicion of rape, says Lars Andersson, researcher at the police department for serious crimes.

abducted from department

– the suspect is abducted from the department. The victim and related support from us. We always investigate these types of events. It is unusual, but the deeply unfortunate when it happens. We must analyze and see if anything is broken, says Göran Rydén.

Has it failed?

– It is too early to say. We’ll go through the event with those involved and try to understand what happened.

Nurtured in different rooms

The patients in the emergency department are entered in single or double rooms, says Ryden.

– There is never a man and a woman in a room, but there is always cared for patients with the same sex. We are working to have the staff in the departments as much as we can, but the overall supervision of each patient and the room is not possible.

An internal investigation will be conducted, according to Ryden.

– the inquiry will then show whether we proceed with a lex Maria notification, he said.