Octogenarian Father commits suicide off balcony on daughter’s death
An octogenarian father committed suicide by jumping off his condominium balcony in Bangkok in the wee hours of July 4.
The 84-year-old distraught parent killed himself over the death of his 57-year-old daughter, who was suffering from Covid-19.
The body was discovered by police in the morning, who also found the dead body of the daughter – Pranee – lying on a bed inside the condominium in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district.
While police said Pranee died from Covid, the relatives of the two deceased said the daughter had been unable to get a bed in a hospital and was being treated at home.
Meanwhile, Thailand continues to battle COVID-19 while facing bed shortages and patients often dying in waiting for a bed. Field hospitals are being set up even as ICU beds are report...