Coronavirus suspect jumps to death at Panchkula hospital in Haryana

A tuberculosis patient who was suspected of suffering from coronavirus committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of the Panchkula Civil Hospital in Haryana. The man's coronavirus test result is yet to come. A case has been filed and further investigation is under process.

Chandigarh (Haryana): A tuberculosis patient who was suspected of suffering from coronavirus on Wednesday jumped to death at a government-run hospital in Haryana's Panchkula district, police said.

Police said that the man, who was around 30 years of age, jumped from the third floor of the Panchkula Civil Hospital on Wednesday evening.

The hospital authorities said that he had tuberculosis and was admitted there a few days ago.

The hospital authorities informed the police that he jumped from a window and was later declared dead by doctors.

The man's coronavirus test result is yet to come.

A case has been registered and investigation is underway, police said.

Earlier this month, a 55-year-old coronavirus suspected patient who was admitted to Karnal's Kalpana Chawla Medical College had fallen to his death from the sixth floor of the hospital while allegedly trying to escape.

In the test report that came after his death, the man was declared coronavirus negative.

(PTI report)