# Delete a patient

Soft deletes a patient record

Endpoint: DELETE /v1/patients/{id}
Version: 1.0.0
Security: bearerAuth

## Path parameters:

  - `id` (integer, required)
    Patient unique identifier

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)
    Example: "Patient deleted successfully"

## Response 401 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string, required)
    Error message
    Example: "Validation failed"

  - `errors` (object)
    Detailed validation errors by field
    Example: {"email":["The email must be a valid email address","The email has already been taken"],"password":["The password must be at least 8 characters"],"template_name":["This field is required"]}

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string, required)
    Error message
    Example: "Validation failed"

  - `errors` (object)
    Detailed validation errors by field
    Example: {"email":["The email must be a valid email address","The email has already been taken"],"password":["The password must be at least 8 characters"],"template_name":["This field is required"]}

## Response 500 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)
    Example: "Failed to delete patient"

  - `error` (string)
    Example: "Database connection error"