The psychiatric services of the Brussels hospitals are completely saturated

The psychiatric services of the Brussels hospitals have been completely saturated for several months. The patients are connected but the beds are available are fewer and fewer …

We visited the Brugmann Hospital, where the service faced a delicate case on Tuesday: four patients to manage for only three beds available. And this situation is not isolated. For several months, the psychiatric service complains about the lack of places available to treat patients who need specific treatments.

And this lack of places directly influences the future of patients: how to transfer or get out a patient who is not yet treated as desired? The question arises every day in this unit …

■ ReportageAdeline Bauwin and Charles Carpreau.