Rajkot: A 40-year-old Covid-19 patient who was under home isolation ended life by suicide in Dhrol town of Jamnagar district on Friday morning. According to police, deceased was identified as Dharmishthaba Gohil, a resident of Chamunda plot in Dhrol town. This was the fourth suicide case of Covid-19 patients in last 10 days in Saurashtra region.
“Dharmitshaba was infected with Covid-19 last week and was under home isolation. On Friday, she hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her room. She had also been under psychiatric treatment for the last two years,” husband, Dharmendrasinh Gohil, informed police.
Earlier on Tuesday, Niruben Bhalgama, 56, who tested positive a day earlier, had jumped off the building in University campus in Rajkot. Same day, Mahesh Hirpara, 47, who too had tested positive and was under home isolation, died by suicide in the afternoon.