Bhubaneswar, Nov. 14 -- A patient died after allegedly jumping from a fourth-floor window of the District Headquarters Hospital on Friday in Odisha's Dhenkanal district. This is reportedly the third such incident at the hospital, raising concerns over patient safety and security arrangements.

The deceased, a male patient from the Gandhi Mandir Road area under Dhenkanal Town police limits, was admitted to the hospital on November 12 with complaints of high blood pressure and seizures. He was undergoing treatment in the male medicine ward on the fourth floor.

According to hospital sources, the patient jumped from a window late at night. Security personnel spotted him and shifted him to the Outpatient Department (OPD), where doctors declar...