Drunken Man jumps to death from Diamond overpass after causing havoc at Diamond Hospital

The source explained that as the security officers came to the aid of the medical team, the man bolted from the room and hospital compound and ran straight to the overpass.

Drunken Man jumps to death from Diamond overpass after causing havoc at Diamond Hospital

Moments before Diamond resident, Navin Surujpaul, jumped to his death from a platform at the still under construction, Diamond overpass, medical professionals at the nearby hospital said he caused havoc at the institution and threatened staff members.

According to sources at the Diamond Hospital, it was just after 3 o’ clock on Saturday afternoon that the 40-year-old man, appeared at the hospital with a small cut at the back of his neck.

He was in a drunken state and shouted at the nurses, while complaining that someone was following him.

As he was taken to one of the dressing rooms so that his wound could be looked at, the man grabbed hospital equipment and supplies and started hurling it at the nurses and other medical staff.

The confused and scared medical team summoned security as Surujpaul threw down tables and chairs and medical equipment.

The source explained that as the security officers came to the aid of the medical team, the man bolted from the room and hospital compound and ran straight to the overpass.

Once there, he rushed through the cordoned off area on the stairway of the overpass and jumped from one of the platforms of the same overpass.

Construction workers rushed him back to the same Diamond hospital, where he died from his injuries. One relative reported to hospital staff that in addition to consuming alcohol, the man had been “smoking something” which might triggered his behaviour.

A probe has been launched.

The pedestrian overpass is caged and construction workers are now working to secure the stairway before they complete the contract for its opening early in the new year.

 

 

 

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