Updated Jan 18, 2021 | 13:35 IST
The man had consulted the hospital earlier for depression and was admitted on January 13 after testing positive.
Another Covid patient commits suicide in Hyderabad hospital | Photo Credit: IANS
Hyderabad: A 77-year-old Covid patient, a farmer from Rajanna Siricilla district, jumped to death from the second floor of a private hospital in the city, the third such suicide in recent months.
K. Narayana jumped from KIMS Hospital in Kondapur at 9:50 am when the nursing staff was getting ready for his medication, according to the police. He jumped from his room. He was supposed to undergo plasma therapy on January 16. They informed the family when he did not cooperate for it. It did not work out. The man had consulted them earlier for depression and was admitted on January 13 after testing positive, the hospital said.