Net fixed at Samras Hostel 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.”