Pune: Elderly man ends life after recovering from Covid

Pune: A 60-year-old man, who had recently recovered from Covid-19 infection, was found dead at his Rajgurunagar residence on Saturday morning.

The Khed police said the man ended his life by slitting his wrist with a sharp knife. “The man and his wife (54) were admitted in a hospital for 15 days after they tested positive for Covid-19.

Four days ago, the man and his wife were discharged from the hospital after successful recovery,” an officer from the Khed police said.

He said after their return home, the couple were following all the medical advises and their swabs were again collected on Friday for further analysis. “Their test reports were expected on Saturday,” the officer said.

Late on Friday night, the man went to his room and locked it from inside. His family members became suspicious when he did not open the door despite repeated knocking on it, the police said.

The family members then broke open the door and found him in an unconscious state with his wrist slit. They called up the police before rushing him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival by the doctors, the police said, adding that further investigation was on.

The police did not find any suicide note on him or in the room. “He was disturbed ever since he returned from the hospital,” the police said.