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Coronavirus patient kills self at Mumbai hospital

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

A 60-year-old man who had tested

positive for coronavirus committed suicide at a hospital in suburban Andheri on Saturday, police said.

The patient was found to have hanged himself with his pajamas from a steel rod on the ninth-floor terrace of the hospital on Saturday afternoon, a police official said.

He might have been suffering from anxiety or depression after being diagnosed with coronavirus, leading to the suicide, the official said.

A case of accidental death was registered at MIDC police station and further probe was on, he added.

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First Published: May 09 2020 | 7:56 PM IST

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