Seven health workers probed in student's death

A student death that first looked like a terrible medical emergency has now become a criminal investigation into the response around it. A court in Granada has summoned seven healthcare workers and 061 emergency staff to testify as investigated parties in the death of Paula Jinfeng Pacheco, a University of Granada student who died in her shared flat on October 27, 2025. That matters because this is the point where a case stops being just a tragedy under review and starts testing whether individual professionals could face legal responsibility. (granadahoy.com) ### Who was the student? Paula Jinfeng Pacheco was a University of Granada student from Albacete. She was enrolled in a double degree in Primary Education and French Studies, and her death hit two faculties at once — Education and Philosophy and Letters — because that was where she studied and where classmates and staff later held moments of silence. (granadahoy.com) ### What happened that day? She had gone for medical attention after feeling unwell with what was initially described as a problem that did not seem serious. Back at her flat on Calle Santa Clotilde, near the Fuentenueva campus, her condition suddenly worsened. A roommate ran outside to ask for help, and a 112 emergency call went in at about 9:45 a.m. on October 27. (granadahoy.com) ### Who got there first? National Police officers were first on scene, and the timeline is one of the details carrying the most weight in this case. They arrived about three minutes after the 112 alert and performed resuscitation for around eight minutes before the ambulance showed up. Local Police and 061 staff also attended, but the attempts to revive her failed. (granadahoy.com) ### Why are seven workers being investigated now? Because the court has moved from gathering background information to calling specific professionals to testify with the status of investigados — basically, people under formal judicial scrutiny, with the right to appear with their own lawyer or a court-a(granadahoy.com)ilt, but it does mean the judge sees enough unresolved questions to examine individual conduct directly. (granadahoy.com) ### What seems to be under scrutiny? The obvious focus is the chain of care — first medical attention, then discharge or return home, then the emergency response once her condition collapsed. The catch is that nobody has publicly laid out a final medical cause of death yet. So the legal question is not (granadahoy.com)y the healthcare staff and 061 personnel matter so much here. (granadahoy.com) ### Why did the case stay alive for months? Because the first autopsy results were inconclusive. Her parents joined the proceedings, the police kept the investigation open into December 2025, and the court kept waiting on further reports. In other words, the case never really closed — it just moved slowly from shock and mourning into a more technical review of what happened and who did what. (granadahoy.com) ### Why did this hit Granada so hard? Partly because Paula was very young and died in student housing after being seen for medical care only hours earlier. But also because the story landed right in the middle of university life — classmates, roommates, faculty staff, and her family were suddenly dealin(granadahoy.com)campus. (granadahoy.com) ### What happens next? The next real hinge is those late-May court appearances. That is where the judge will start testing the professionals’ explanations against the medical record, emergency timing, and pending expert reports. Basically, the case has moved from “something awful happened” to “was this unavoidable, or did somebody fail at a critical moment?” (granadahoy.com) The bottom line is simple — seven professionals are now being questioned not just as witnesses to a tragedy, but as possible subjects of criminal scrutiny. That is a big shift, and it means Paula Jinfeng Pacheco’s death is no longer only a story about loss. It is now also a story about accountability.