CEBU CITY, Philippines -- The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center has expressed sadness over the suicide incident of one of its Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient on Tuesday, June 9,
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center has expressed sadness over the suicide incident of one of its Coronavirus Disease 2019 patient on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
Based on the hospital’s investigation, around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, the change nurse assigned noticed the patient, who was suffering from COVID-19 related pneumonia, was humming or singing a tune in his room on the third floor of the ND Building when he suddenly became agitated and began shouting. “The patient forcibly broke the glass windows near the elevators and jumped to his death towards the ground floor of the ND Building. He was then found in the front of the building with severe bodily injuries,” said VSMMC in their statement.The patient was immediately examined by the Internal Medicine doctor on duty and the patient was found with an open fracture on the right femur and unresponsive vital signs.
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