Statesman News Service
MALDA, Nov. 3: A patient suffering from HIV/AIDS committed suicide today by jumping before a speeding train in English Bazaar town, police and relatives said. The victim has been identified as Kesto Singh (35), a resident of Krishnapally, of English Bazaar town in Malda district.
Kesto, a taxi driver, had been suffering from fever for the past six months and finally been admitted to the Malda district hospital where doctors confirmed that he was suffering from HIV/AIDS. He was under treatment at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri. Owing to ill health he had not been in a position to continue his work as a driver. The family remained tensed due to growing financial crisis. Incidentally, his wife left home with their five months old son three months back.
Singha, the victim's brother had been suffering from depression since he was affected with AIDS. “The domestic problem had aggravated his mental condition,” he said. With news of the suicide, the district social welfare department decided to check the health condition of the deceased's wife and son as preventive measures. The district chief medical officer of health Dr Srikanta Roy said that he would look into matter. The Malda GRP recovered the body from behind the railway track this morning but no suicide note was found. Sources said that hundreds of poor people in Malda suffering from HIV/AIDS are being forced to go either to Kolkata or Siliguri for free treatment. There is no free treatment facility in the district.
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