Ranchi: A Coronavirus patient committed suicide on Saturday inside the Trauma Centre of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences here.
The deceased hanged himself from the railing of the staircase of the Trauma Centre. The deceased has been identified as Umesh Kumar who was a resident of Garhwa district. The other patients who came out of their wards saw Umesh hanging after which they raised an alarm and informed the authorities.
The hospital management informed the Bariyatu Police who reached on the spot and brought down the body and later informed the family members. Police suspected that maybe the youth had taken the extreme step due to tension.
The patient had been admitted at RIMS after being brought from Garhwa on August 4. Police quoting other patients said that for the last two days he was looking more tensed and had stopped talking to the fellow patients. Early morning when all the patients were sleeping he stepped out of his ward and used a towel to hang himself from the railing of the stairs.