Bangkok:- A 69-year-old man committed suicide by jumping down from the Krungthon Buri station of the BTS skytrain railway Monday.

Pol Lt Thamnong Montha, an officer on duty of the Samreh police station, said Somjit Apiromsri died after he was rushed to the Taksin Hospital.

Thamnong was alerted at 11 am of the suicide. He rushed to the scene and found rescuers providing a CPR for the man for about five minutes before he was rushed to the hospital.

The old man was identified by a patient’s identification card of Siriraj Hospital.

A taxi motorcyclist, Surin Meethip, 35, who was waiting for passengers under the station, told police that he saw the old man climbed over the wall of the station and looked around briefly and jumped down.

The man fell on the road island below the station.

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Surin said he ran to the spot and found the old man lying unconsciously so he called police.

Thamnong said he called the man’s daughter, Yupha Apiromsri, 39, to inform her of the incident.

Yupha said the old man was staying alone at a rented house on Soi Krungthon Buri 3. Yupha said she is working and staying in Phra Pradaeng but she visited him regularly.

Yupha said her father has several chronic ailments, including lung problem, kidney problem, diabetes and high-blood pressure.

She said her father has been receiving free treatments at the Siriraj Hospital. But he has no citizen’s identification card because he had no birth certificate record. As a result, he was not qualified for treatments of certain diseases and this might be the main reason for his suicide.

Sad...denied the best treatment options because of a bureaucratic SNAFU.

And some fell by the wayside. RIP