The management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital has confirmed that one of their patients has killed himself.
The man, whose hame has yet to be revealed, was said to have been on admission before he committed suicide.
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) was thrown into confusion over the weekend after a patient who was on admission at the Accident and Emergency ward, committed suicide.
According to the Spokesperson of the hospital, Mr Joshua Uwaila, stabbed himself with a broken louvre.
“An unfortunate incident happened on Saturday night 13th July, 2019 at about 10:30 pm when a young man who was a patient at the male medical ward of our hospital (diagnosis not disclosed for confidentiality sake), suddenly broke a louvre and stabbed himself. All efforts to resuscitate him proved abortive as he was certified dead at 11:00 pm” he said
An eyewitness said the victim was waiting to see a doctor when he suddenly became wild.
He said, “The man suddenly became wild and broke a louvre beside his window and stabbed himself to death. His wife was not around. She went out to buy something outside. There was blood everywhere. We were lucky not to have been injured.” ‘
