{"id":505379,"date":"2026-01-10T04:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T04:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505379\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T04:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T04:55:14","slug":"1-patient-dead-after-altercation-at-royal-university-hospital-in-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505379\/","title":{"rendered":"1 patient dead after altercation at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Payton Zillich<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted January 9, 2026 5:58 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Saskatoon police responded to the 100 block of Hospital Drive after a person was reported deceased following an altercation with hospital security on Jan. 9, shortly after 7 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/saskatchewan-health-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saskatchewan Health Authority<\/a> (SHA), protective service officers were called to a patient\u2019s room after staff reported safety concerns involving an admitted patient at the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/royal-university-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal University Hospital<\/a> (RUH).<\/p>\n<p>During the response, a physical altercation occurred between the protective service officers and the patient. During that altercation, the patient became unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical staff responded to provide patient care and pronounced the patient deceased,\u201d states the SHA.<\/p>\n<p>The SHA notified police immediately. Police are working with the coroner\u2019s office to determine whether the death is deemed suspicious or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SHA is fully cooperating with the police investigation and has deemed this a critical incident, which initiates a legislated process for review and reporting, including a formal internal review,\u201d explains the SHA.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11606291\/man-skulls-skeletal-remains-jonathan-gerlach-basement-pennsylvania\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jonathan-Gerlach-human-remains.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMan charged after over 100 human skeletal remains found in Pennsylvania home\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11604951\/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-holiday-photos\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/justin-trudeau-katy-perry.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKaty Perry shares batch of \u2018holidaze\u2019 pictures with Justin Trudeau\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The SHA is currently co-ordinating with the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) to provide support for the patient\u2019s family. They will also be providing support for any staff impacted by the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing, and no additional information available at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Payton Zillich Global News Posted January 9, 2026 5:58 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,4219,210,50,226390,226391,226392],"class_list":{"0":"post-505379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-royal-university-hospital","13":"tag-saskatchewan-health-authority","14":"tag-saskatoon-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115869025911417742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}