CHENNAI: A 38-year-old man who was admitted to a government hospital in Chennai allegedly jumped from the second floor of the building and died on Sunday night.
Muthu, a resident of the slum rehabilitation site at Kannagi Nagar, was admitted to the Royapettah Government Hospital by his family after he suffered a mild electric shock.
"Muthu got electrocuted when he was attending to a wiring job. He was taken to the hospital around 11.30 pm and while his family waited near the casualty ward, he suddenly ran and jumped from the building," said a police officer. He suffered severe head injuries and died a little later in the hospital, the officer added.
The family had told police that Muthu had suicidal tendencies and attempted to kill himself a few times before.
In a similar incident earlier on Sunday, an engineering graduate allegedly killed himself by jumping from the building of a private hospital at Porur after his father died in the hospital due to sepsis.