Patient jumps to her death from hospital’s eighth floor
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 08/13/2010 10:37 AM
A 73-year-old woman plunged to her death from the eighth floor of the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) in Central Jakarta on Thursday, four days after being admitted for chronic liver cancer.
Basariah Naibaho committed suicide by jumping from a window next to her bed in a room at the hospital’s geriatric section at 3:30 a.m. Her son, Lilin Abdil Purba, said that prior to the incident, he had been with her at the room before she asked him to leave.
“She threw her documents, including her ID card and her relief letter [SKTM] out of the window. I was forced to leave her and go down to the first floor to retrieve the documents,” he said.
The SKTM scheme is a complementary healthcare scheme to cover low-income people and is only issued to residents that the administration deems to be living in poverty.
“After I got the documents, I went to the canteen to buy drinks. I heard people shouting that a person had fallen at the parking lot,” Lilin said.
The victim’s nephew, Robinson Siboro, said Basariah had been treated at the hospital four times before.
“Three years ago, she suffered from cirrhosis caused by chronic liver cancer,” he said.
Cirrhosis changes the structure of the liver and the blood vessels that nourish it.
“She was unintelligible since being admitted on Monday and repeatedly asked to go home. But the doctor didn’t let her go,” Robinson said.
“She forcefully removed an intravenous needle from her arm two days ago,” Rukiyah, Robinson’s wife, added.
North Jakarta Police crimes unit chief Comr. Budi Sartono said that after questioning three witnesses, the police confirmed the victim had committed suicide.
“The victim was probably stressed out due to her chronic disease,” Budi said. (rch)
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