Man coaxed off hospital roof

CROWDS gathered at the Port of Spain General Hospital at midday after a young man, wearing a backpack, was seen on the roof of the medical institution.

The man identified only as "Atiba" who attempted to jump off the clinic block was coaxed down from the roof by a good Samaritan.

Newsday understands that the man was being counselled by hospital staff
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Fire officers said by the time they got to the scene the man was lured down the roof of the building by a civilian.

In a video seen on social media one onlooker was heard shouting to the man on the roof to "jump quick nah man" since he only had a few more minutes left of his lunch hour and had to leave soon to go back to work.