Cancer patient commits suicide at DMCH

A patient at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) has killed himself on Tuesday. Md Nurunnabi, 40, hailing from Lakhshmipur, jumped off from the 8th floor of the hospital around 9.45am. He was being treated for cancer. DMCH’s Director Md Mostafizur Rahman said Nurunnabi jumped off from the 8th-floor balcony all of a sudden, while his wife was taking him to the toilet. He was rushed to the DMCH’s Emergency Department where the doctors pronounced him dead. Nurunnabi, who was diagnosed with blood cancer, was admitted to the DMCH between August 16 and 26, according to bdnews24.com. He returned to Bangladesh in the first week of August after living in Bahrain for six years, DMCH Director Mostafizur Rahman said, according to bdnews24.com.