Coronavirus patient kills self at Mumbai hospital

The patient was found to have hanged himself with his pajamas from a steel rod on the ninth-floor terrace of the hospital on Saturday afternoon, a police official said.

A 60-year-old man who had tested positive for coronavirus committed suicide at a hospital in suburban Andheri on Saturday, police said.

Mumbai,May 9, 2020: A doctor ready to take swab sample of a resident during COVID-19 testing drive in Dharavi during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

The patient was found to have hanged himself with his pajamas from a steel rod on the ninth-floor terrace of the hospital on Saturday afternoon, a police official said.

He might have been suffering from anxiety or depression after being diagnosed with coronavirus, leading to the suicide, the official said.

A case of accidental death was registered at MIDC police station and further probe was on, he added.