A businessman in Sialkot has ended his life after showing signs of coronavirus. Mohammad Mubashar, a trader of surgical goods, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after he became symptomatic.
The incident occurred at Noorabad village near Nadir Town in Sialkot on Sunday.
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Family members of the deceased told Ugoki police that he was under severe depression due to rising cases of the novel coronavirus. He got himself tested a few days back after showing signs and, since then, had confined himself in a room. His test reports were yet to come.
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This is not the first case of its kind where the virus phobia has forced people to take their own lives. A few weeks ago, an elderly COVID-19 patient had committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of Jinnah Hospital, Karachi, after he was placed in an isolation ward there.
He was a resident of Landhi and was told to have psychological complications.
According to the JPMC executive director, Dr. Seemin Jamali, the deceased was a drug addict and was kept in the coronavirus isolation facility because he showed symptoms.
