A pensioner doctor in the central Greek city of Lamia jumped to his death from a windowsill of the city’s main state hospital, despite extensive efforts by family, colleagues and police to talk him out of it, Monday morning July 16.
The 64-year-old retired radiologist was seemingly visiting his mother-in-law who was a patient at the hospital when he stepped out of the window of her fifth-floor room onto a ledge shortly after 6 a.m. and threatened to jump.
Former colleagues, trying to prevent him from committing suicide, called his wife and daughter, as well as the police to the scene. Despite the combined efforts of hospital staff, family and a police negotiator who tried to convince the man not to take his own life for over two hours, he jumped, suffering an instant death.
Some yet unconfirmed sources suggested the man suffered from clinical depression, while others said that he had not received a pension since filing his retirement papers six months ago and had severe financial problems.
See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email!
