Mental healthcare centers in the Netherlands have had to put patients on long waiting lists or turn them away, due to an ongoing shortage of mental health professionals at the Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care. “It is not acceptable that patients have to be put on a waiting list that is longer than five weeks”, a spokesperson …
A 53-year-old man who was seriously wounded in a shooting at a Parnassia mental care facility in The Hague on Monday has died from his injuries. The security guard was injured along with a 36-year-old woman from Rijswijk, who was reportedly upgraded from critical condition and her injuries are no longer considered to be life threatening. The 67-year-old male suspect …
Two people were critically injured in what police are calling a "serious violent incident in the Parnassia care institution on Leggelostraat" in The Hague. Police would not confirm that a gun was involved, but media outlets said authorities received reports that gunshots were heard near the psychiatric facility just after 11:45 a.m. on Monday. Investigators still trying to piece together …
