COVID-19: Delhi Journalist Jumps Off AIIMS Building
NEW DELHI: A 37-year-old journalist undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the AIIMS Trauma Centre died after allegedly jumping off the fourth floor of the hospital building on Monday afternoon.
According to a media report, the journalist worked with a Hindi daily. He resided in Bhajanpura in Delhi.
The incident took place at around 2 pm and the man was rushed to the hospital's ICU where doctors tried to revive him, a doctor said on condition of anonymity, as reported by a news agency.
According to Devender Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest), the journalist was admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the Trauma Centre on June 24 after testing positive for the virus.
"He was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre on June 24 and was apparently shifted to a High Dependency unit at the hospital. He was admitted on the first floor," a news agency quoted citing sources.
He had undergone a surgery for brain tumour recently, according to the doctor.
