Patient found hanging at AIIMS Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a 70-year-old patient was found hanging from the ceiling fan at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Sources reported that Dilip, a resident of Atalpur in Jajpur district, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the ward of the orthopaedic department at about 1.15 am.
The incident occurred between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The deceased had been admitted to the orthopaedic department at AIIMS Bhubaneswar for osteoarthritis of the knee.
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As per the recent media report in TOI, DCP Pinak Mishra said, "We are investigating the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident. It appears that the patient took the drastic step while other patients in the ward were asleep late at night.”
Another police officer indicated that Sahoo's death could have been the result of his ongoing suffering from his illness. At the time of the incident, the deceased's daughter was staying at a Dharamsala on the hospital premises, with no other family members present with him.
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