Patient jumps from fifth floor of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, dies
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Bhubaneshwar: A 39-year-old patient allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneshwar.
The deceased has been identified as Mahendra Swain from Birapratappur village in Puri district. The reason behind the act is unknown and the police are investigating the case.
The patient was hospitalized on July 11 at the AIIMS and the doctors performed foot surgery on him. AIIMS PRO, Rajkishore Dash told TNIE, "He was in the burns and plastic surgery ward and at around 11.45 pm he asked his wife whether he can move in the corridor in his wheelchair."
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