{"id":399686,"date":"2026-01-10T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399686\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T03:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:27:10","slug":"1-patient-dead-after-altercation-at-royal-university-hospital-in-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399686\/","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\t1 min read\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.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/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<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11606083\/ice-agent-minneapolis-renee-nicole-good-dragged-car-previously\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768015630_847_CP175592512.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tICE agent who killed Minnesota woman was dragged by car in previous incident\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11604346\/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768015630_24_renee-nicole-good.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRenee Nicole Good: What we know about the woman killed in Minneapolis ICE shooting\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\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":2,"featured_media":399687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,2169,84,44,92740,55796,168644],"class_list":["post-399686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-health","tag-news","tag-royal-university-hospital","tag-saskatchewan-health-authority","tag-saskatoon-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}