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Patient commits suicide at a Vihiga hospital

Vihiga County Referral Hospital in Mbale town. A patient committed suicide at the hospital on April 28, 2016 at night. [PHOTO: ERIC LUNGAI/STANDARD]

A patient committed suicide at Vihiga County Referral Hospital in Mbale town on Thursday night.

James Mbotela, 41, admitted to the facility on Wednesday after complaining of severe pain on one side of his body. He was found hanging in the emergency corridor on Friday morning by relatives. "He left home saying he was going to seek medical assistance from a chemist after incessant pains, only to be later told that he had gone to the hospital with his sister," said Joyce Avisinwa, the deceased's wife.

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