Police and officials at the Kenyatta National Hospital are investigating an incident in which a patient died by suicide at the facility.
This is after he apparently jumped from the balcony of his ward on the fourth floor of the hospital.
The body of Daniel Mohamed, 23, was found on the ground floor of the facility after he jumped off the fourth floor of the 4C ward in a suspected suicide case, officials said.
He had been admitted to the hospital on June 14 after a failed mob lynching in Kiamaiko, Huruma, Nairobi.
The deceased had been accused of being a robber and a mob descended on him with stones and kicks before police came to his rescue and took him to hospital.
KNH officials said they are cooperating with investigators to establish what happened.
Witnesses and police said the incident happened on June 19 at about 3am. The motive of the incident remains unknown.
Police said they also want to establish if the victim was pushed to his death.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they were called and informed the patient had died after he jumped.
“We are investigating to know what happened and how,” he said.
The body was moved to a mortuary at the same hospital pending autopsy.
The World Health Organisation says suicide cases are attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression and bipolar disorder.
WHO rates suicide as a serious global public health issue that is among the top 20 leading causes of death worldwide.
