Pune: Woman jumps from fifth floor of hospital, ends life

PUNE: A 36-year-old woman from Wanowrie family, which ran a business in the Caribbean island country Jamaica, ended her life by jumping from a fifth floor window of the KEM hospital building in Rasta Peth around 4.30am on Monday.
The woman was in the hospital for the treatment of her 13-year-old son, who is diabetic and suffers from kidney ailment.

Based on a note, purportedly written by her, and the initial statements by her son and the hospital’s staffers, senior inspector Balkrushna Kadam of the Samarth police told TOI, “The woman was driven to despair by the loss of her husband (to cancer) three months ago and the critical condition of her son. She might have taken the drastic step because of all this.”
The woman and her mother were in a fifth floor room where her son was admitted. To his horror, the boy saw his mother jumping from the window. He cried loudly drawing attention of the hospital staffers, the police said, adding that she died of multiple injuries due to the fall.
A note written in English with a “Suicide Note” header on a plain paper, read: “I, xxxx xxxx (name withheld), I am committing suicide on my own freewill. No one should be blamed for it. I want my brother xxxx and xxxx to take the custody of my kids and deposit mine and xxxx (husband’s) insurance amount half and half on their names in Indian Bank. They should get this money when they are 26 and 24 years old respectively. Bye.” The note was recovered from the hospital room, police said.
The woman’s father-in-law told TOI, “She was very depressed after my son passed away three months ago. She was also quite worried about her son’s health condition. My son and his family were staying in Jamaica where he was running an electronic goods business. She was a housewife. They all came back to Pune for the treatment of my son and grandson. It is very unfortunate.”
The family also had a small business outlet in Wanowrie, the police said.