A Covid-19 patient in isolation at the Mbagathi Infectious Disease Unit in Nairobi attempted to commit suicide.The 30 year old man was admitted on Saturday at about 6pm to be quarantined for 14 days.
Police and medics said the patient removed a florescent tube in his room which he broke and used to slit his throat.doctor takes own life
Nurses who were checking on the patients heard him struggle and rushed to his rescue as they attended to his injuries and counselled him.
“We told him he is young and will recover. We informed him he was not the only one who is sick and that all shall be well,” said an one nurse.
Police were allowed to access the scene of crime in protective gears as officials increased surveillance to ensure safety in the facility. Isolation centers have been criticized for sending shivers down the spines of many patients since they are viewed as prisons.
The patient is one of the 355 confirmed positive cases in the country Kenya who are being held in isolation centres in Nairobi, Mandera and Mombasa.covid-19-patient-kills-himself
While reporting that 98 people have fully recovered from the Covid-19 disease on Saturday President Uhuru Kenyatta also said that the number of infections in Kenya is way below what they had anticipated.
He also announced that cessation of movement into and out of Nairobi Metropolitan area and the counties of Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa be extended for another 21 days. The nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew was also extended for 21 days.
Elsewhere in India, a 50-year-old patient of the novel coronavirus killed himself after jumping from the fifth floor of a trauma centre of the Victoria Hospital by using the fire exit window. The health department reported that the also had kidney issues.
