A second person jumps to death at Santo Tomas Hospital

A 40-year-old man leaped to his death from the fourth floor of the Santo Tomás  Hospital (HST) on Wednesday afternoon becoming the second person to take his own life by jumping from a window at the hospital in less than12 days.

Colombian Jaisson Valencia Rosero was involved in an incident that occurred on December 30 at the Banco General branch located in Paitilla. That day he was arrested when he hit the head with an object by the security of the establishment and was wounded by a firearm.

Two versions of the incident appeared in local media, one that the foreigner had arrived on a motorcycle with another person and had tried to rob the bank.

The other, that he gave to the judicial authorities was that he had gone to the bank to take revenge on a security guard who supposedly, had an affair with his wife.

The causes that motivated Jaisson to take his own life are unknown, but it turned out that he was HIV positive reports El Siglo.

Twelve earlier, another foreigner had jumped from a fourth-floor window The victim was identified as Venezuelan Diego Raúl Salas Contreras, 79, who was hospitalized after being diagnosed with Covid-19.