A Covid-19 patient in Calcutta tried to jump off a hospital building on Saturday after breaking the windowpane with an oxygen cylinder but was saved by an alert health worker, police said.
The incident happened around 9 am at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, they said.
The 56-year-old man tried to jump off the third floor of the Super Speciality Block of the hospital after smashing the windowpane with an oxygen cylinder, a senior officer said, adding that they are looking into the matter.
The man, a resident of North 24 Parganas district, was diagnosed with COVID-19 around 10 days back. Since then he is undergoing treatment at the hospital.
A source at the hospital said he has been under severe stress for quite some time.
The source also revealed he had earlier beaten up other patients in the ward.
