Woman dies after ‘jumping’ from DMCH building

A woman died reportedly after jumping from the 7th floor of a Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) building early Friday.

The deceased was identified as Riya, 20, a homemaker from Bhadurdangi village under Chartarapur union in Pabna Sadar upazila.

According to her family, Riya had been undergoing treatment at ward No. 802 in the DMCH new building for the past five days for various health complications.

Her father Latif Mallik said Riya jumped from the building in the early hours.

She was immediately taken to the emergency department, where doctors declared her dead around 5:15am.

Latif said Riya had been experiencing mental health problems for around 10 days and had been behaving unusually. She was also receiving treatment for mouth sores and other health complications, he said.

Riya was married to a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Singapore after completing her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination, according to her father.

He said she had been mentally upset after failing to have any baby since her marriage.

DMCH police camp in-charge Inspector Md Faruk said the body was kept at the hospital morgue.