Two Covid sufferers allegedly died by suicide in Nagpur within the final two days whilst one among them was receiving remedy on the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
On Monday, round 5.30 pm, Purushottam Gajbhiye, 81, was discovered lifeless inside a toilet within the GMCH’s Covid ward of GMCH. A case has been registered in reference to the dying on the Ajni Police Station. Gajbhiye was admitted to the covid ward on March 25.
On Tuesday morning, one other alleged suicide by a Covid affected person got here to gentle. Vasant Kute, 68, a resident of 85 plot space, was discovered lifeless on the primary ground of a constructing, in response to the case registered at Ajni Police Station.
Kute had been affected by kidney stones for the previous 30 years, in response to Ajni Police.
His son Vivek advised The Indian Express, “He (Kute) was in a disturbed state of mind since my brother, his wife and their 11-year old son are all covid patients. My mother, too, has the infection. He didn’t share this with anyone and apparently died by suicide early morning.”
He additional mentioned, “My father tested positive on March 26 and was put on medication from the next day. But he had complained to me that the medicines are very heavy and his urination frequency has gone up and has severe inflammation. Due to Holi for two days, everything was closed and I couldn’t do much to assuage him.”
Vivek added that his brother, Pankaj, 42, is recovering from the an infection.
