A 42-year-old HIV positive patient went on a rampage at Bombay Hospital on Monday morning, assaulting patients, their kin, and nurses with a steel IV (intravenous) stand and using it to break glass panes, before he could be overpowered.

The man’s murderous frenzy led to the death of a senior citizen, while two others were seriously injured. While nurses and ward boys made desperate but failed attempts to stop the man in his tracks, it was the relative of another patient who managed to immobilise the man, using a chair.