Covid-19 patient slits his own throat at Lahore hospital, dies

LAHORE: In a horrific incident, a Covid-19 patient committed suicide by cutting his own throat with a knife at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital on Friday, reported ARY News.

According to the administration of the health facility, 35-year-old Kashif slashed his throat with a fruit knife at around 8 am. He was under treatment in the hospital’s Covid-19 ward.

The deputy medical superintendent at the hospital confirmed the incident, saying the patient “suddenly cut his throat while a doctor and a male nurse were present in the ward by using a fruit cutting knife”.

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The patient was bleeding profusely, due to which he couldn’t survive, he said, describing the patient as having become “irritable”. He was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and essential injections in a bid to resuscitate him but to no avail.

Kashif was admitted to the hospital due to Covid-19 pneumonia on August 3.