Panic gripped a hospital in India on Sunday when a patient stepped out of a window at a COVID-19 hospital ward and tried to jump in an attempt to end his life.
The incident reportedly took place at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College Hospital in the town of Jabalpur, in teh central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The video of the incident shows a doctor in Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) trying to pull the patient back in as he sat on a ledge outside the window of the hospital. While the doctor succeeded in putting him back inside the ward through the same window, people standing below were trying to convince him not to leap to his death.
Police Officer-in-charge Rakesh Tiwari told media that the patient sat outside the window at around 8:00 am on Saturday.
COVID-19 has shattered lives, ended careers and changed daily routines around the world, leaving people struggling with depression and anxiety due to isolation or fear of the infection. According to a study conducted by GOQii, a private healthcare platform, nearly 43 percent of Indians currently suffer from depression.