A 37-year-old journalist with Hindi daily undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the All India Institue of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre died after allegedly jumping off the fourth floor of the hospital building on Monday afternoon.
Following the incident, the Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan formed a committee to enquire about the death of Sisodia."The inquiry committee consists of Chief of Neuroscience Centre,Prof Padma,Head of Psychiatry Dept Prof RK Chaddha,Dy Dir(Admn) Sh Panda & Head, Physical Medicine & Rehab Dr U Singh.My deep condolences to media community that is shaken by the tragic loss of an esteemed colleague," Dr Harshvardhan tweeted.
The journalist, Tarun Sisodia was a resident of northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura.
Police said that the incident took place at around 2 pm and the man was rushed to the hospital's ICU where doctors tried to revive him, a doctor said on condition of anonymity.
According to Devender Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest), the journalist was admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the Trauma Centre on June 24 after testing positive for the virus.
Meanwhile, AIIMS spokesperson in a statement stated that Sisodiya was admitted in hospital on Jun 24 and he was making significant recovery from his Covid symptoms.
"He was stable on room air today and was planned for shifting to general ward from the ICU. He earlier had a surgery for frontal lobe meningioma (a type of brain tumor) at city's G B Pant Hospital in March 2020," he said.
"While he was in hospital for treatment of COVID-19, he was having bouts of disorientation for which he was seen by Neurologist and Psychiatrist and put on medication. The family members were regularly counselled regarding his condition," he said.
"At around 1.55 PM today, Sisodia ran out of the ward where he was admitted. Hospital attendants ran after him and tried to stop him. Sisodia ran to fourth floor where he broke a window pane and jumped out. He was immediately moved to the ICU in Trauma Centre in an ambulance. He was intubated and resuscitation was tried but unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries at 3.35 PM," the spokesperson further stated.
