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Patient commits suicide in Kolkata private hospital

by IBNS 18 Feb 2017, 11:12 am

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): An elderly man, who was being treated at AMRI hospital in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, committed suicide by jumping from the privately-run hospital's sixth floor window on Saturday morning, reports said.

According to reports, the deceased has been identified as Durgaprasad Chatterjee, a resident of southern Kolkata's Purva Jadavpur area.
 
Police from Bidhannagar Police Station went to the scene and recovered his body.
 
The man was suffering from cancer, according to hospital reports.
 
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)