Guwahati: 81-Year-Old Patient Jumps to Death at State Cancer Institute, GMCH

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: In a shocking incident, 81-year-old Nikhil Chandra Sarkar from Lumding died after jumping from a building at the State Cancer Institute, GMCH, where he was undergoing treatment. Sarkar had been admitted to the institute since October and was undergoing radiation therapy for the past 17 days. He had successfully undergone surgery in August and was recently admitted due to mucositis. According to Devajit Choudhury, Superintendent of the State Cancer Institute, GMCH, Sarkar had asked his son to go to the shop to get some medicine around 9 am. Tragically, it was during this time, while his son was away, that Sarkar jumped from the building. Choudhury confirmed that Sarkar had undergone two successful major cardiac surgeries, as stated by his son. An investigation into the incident is underway.

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