Can Misses patient killing sparks Balearic safety row
A patient’s killing at Can Misses Hospital in the Balearic Islands puts safety under scrutiny: one person is under arrest, and politicians clash over safeguards. Balearic health minister Manuela García and socialist MP Irantzu Fernández confront the issue in the Balearic Parliament on Tuesday, 10 November 2026.
Fernández asks whether García can guarantee the safety of patients and staff in the Pityusan health area. She criticises García’s management. García says protecting them is her responsibility and accuses the Socialist Party (PSIB) of trying to gain politically from the killing. She calls that “immoral”.
García says 40 measures to improve safety were put in place between May and September, including a security group set up with the National Police.
The argument also turns to Formentera Hospital. Water leaks have closed its operating area for scheduled procedures, and García says officials are working to address the hospital’s structural problems. Fernández suggests its operating theatres may have spent more days closed than open during this legislative term.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com