Suspected Covid-19 patient kills self at SSG Hospital

VADODARA: A suspected Covid-19 patient ended his life at the isolation ward of SSG Hospital in the early hours of Thursday.
Satish Nayak, (35) a resident of Handod village of Karjan taluka, stabbed himself with shards of glass from the hospital bathroom window. Hospital sources said that Nayak went to the bathroom around 4am in the isolation ward. When he did not come out of the bathroom, hospital staff broke open the door and found Nayak in a pool of blood.
“We immediately tried to resuscitate him, but he succumbed during treatment. We have sent his body for a postmortem and are waiting the report as well as that of his Covid-19 test,” said Dr Rajeev Daveshwar, superintendent of SSG Hospital.
Nayak was admitted to the isolation ward on Wednesday night after he complained of cough, cold, fever and breathlessness. His samples were collected but his reports were awaited.
“He was suffering from severe breathlessness when he was admitted, but it is not known why he took the extreme step,” said Nayak’s cousin, Kishan. He was a farm labourer in his village and is survived by his parents.