Fearing suicides, net fixed to save patients in Rajkot

RAJKOT: Fearing suicides by Covid-19 patients, the Rajkot district administration has fixed a big net in the Samras Hostel to thwart any such attempts at drastic steps.
Last week, a woman had committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of this building, two days after testing positive.
The nine-storey building has been converted into Covid facility where about 900 patients are under treatment at present. All are on oxygen support.
Charansinh Gohil, additional collector and in-charge of the facility, said, “Some patients who are on oxygen support may suffer from O2-induced delirium and develop suicidal tendency. So, we have fixed this net. It can come handy in case fire also and save any patient who jumps off due to anxiety.”
After the woman’s suicide, a decision was taken to install a net on the fourth and first floors.
According to sources, at least four Covid-19 patients in Rajkot district have committed suicide in April.
The facility supplements the Rajkot civil hospital where no room are available at present.