RAJKOT: Two
Covid-19 positive patients jumped to
death from their hospital buildings in Rajkot and Bhavnagar respectively on Tuesday. At least eight persons have reportedly ended lives in Saurashtra region in the last 12 days after testing positive for coronavirus or after their family members got infected with the deadly virus.
A 50-year-old electrician, who had tested positive for Covid-19, ended life by jumping off the fourth floor of
Rajkot civil hospital on Tuesday morning.
The deceased Jaga Bhalgamadiya was a resident of Saipur village, about 20km from
Rajkot city.
Police suspect that Bhalgamadiya feared that he would die of Covid-19 infection and so he might have taken the extreme step. “We will be taking statements of the
hospital staff, family members of the deceased to ascertain the reason behind Bhalgamadiya taking such an extreme step,” added police.
Bhalgamadiya is survived by a wife and two children — a daughter and a son. Police said that he was admitted to the Covid ward on the fourth floor of Rajkot civil hospital last week.
On Tuesday morning at about 7 am, Bhalgamadiya was seen running down the lobby of the fourth floor before he jumped off. He fell to the ground and died on the spot. Police said that CCTV footage showed hospital staff members trying to save him after the fall, but it was too late. A day before, Bhalgamadiya had talked to his younger brother over a video call.
In the second incident, a 45-year-old Covid-19 patient jumped to death from 4th floor of a hospital building in Bhavnagar civil hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Arvind Kalotra, a resident of Anand Vihar in Bhavnagar. He had tested positive for the coronavirus five days ago and was shifted to civil hospital after his condition worsened. He was being treated on the fourth floor of the hospital building from where he jumped and died on the spot.