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February 23, 2026 — 9:39am
A Geelong hospital patient is under police guard after the body of another patient was discovered by police inside the facility.
Homicide detectives are investigating the death, after emergency services were called to the corner of Myers and Swanston street about 2am on Monday morning.
The body of a male patient was found inside a room at the hospital.
“Another man, also a patient at the hospital, is currently under police guard,” a police spokesperson said.
Police said the two men were known to each other.
The Myers-Swanston street intersection is the site of Barwon Health’s Swanston Centre, which provides intensive care for patients with mental health, drug, and alcohol conditions
It is part of a larger healthcare precinct in the area, and Barwon Health did not confirm in which unit of the hospital the man died when contacted on Monday morning.
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