Kolkata: Man Falls From 7th Floor of Hospital, Critically Injured

Kolkata: A male patient, who had escaped from his bed at a private hospital at Mullickbazar and sat on the edge of a cornice on the seventh floor, was critically injured after he fell off.

The patient identified as Sujit Adhikary had managed to reach cornice through a gap in the glass window in the ward where he was going under treatment at the Institute of Neuroscience.

He looked anxious bystanders looked on and the fire brigade, police, and hospital authorities tried to bring him down.

As per reports, he fell off at around 1 PM and hit the cornice of the floors below at least twice before landing on the ground.

He was critically injured and his skull, rib cage, and left hand were badly damaged.

According to police, the man was trying to come down of the building after seeing that the officials concerned were setting up nets and other tools to save him. However, during the process, he suddenly slipped and fell from the seventh floor of the building.

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