Apparently having lost all hopes of recovery, a 20- year-old blood cancer-stricken boy committed suicide at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital at Parel in south-central Mumbai.
Shaji Janu Kharat committed suicide at the hospital at 9 pm on Wednesday, by hanging himself to the grill of a huge hospital window. He was declared dead at 9.45 pm.
Coming at a time when the administration is coping up with the huge inflow of Covid-19 patients, the incident caused quite a stir at the hospital.
Shaji, who was a resident of Mahalaxmi Welfare Society at Chembur’s New Bharat Nagar in north-east Mumbai, had been admitted to KEM hospital on June 23.
He underwent Covid-19 test on July 2. He was diagnosed negative in the test report which was received on Wednesday.
Confirming the cause of the suicide, Deputy Commissioner of Police Saurabh Tripathi said: “He ended his life, as he was unable to reconcile to the fact that he was suffering from blood cancer. A case of Accidental Death Report (ADR) has been registered at Bhoiwada police station”.