Gothamist: Doctor Jumps to Death at Beth Israel

Spiritof76

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:08:08 -0500

holy shit! thank god this happened yesterday. I'm supposed to go to BI hospital to get some steroids today. Why are you taking steroids? Something hurts? But you promised you would off yourself before seeking medical attention, you liar. And not surprisingly completely self-centered. You care more about your steroids than about a man who has likely contributed more to society in the last year than you will in your entire benighted life.

thellmer

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:11:07 -0500

On the a/c unit, ouch! If I were going to jump I'd make sure it wasn't going to be a complicated death onto parts of machinery. A flat pavement would seem a more logical destination.

Steven

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:55:39 -0500

The stress level of a doctor got the best of him.

babyhitler

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:34:55 -0500

holy shit! thank god this happened yesterday. I'm supposed to go to BI hospital to get some steroids today.

PBRK

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:34:16 -0500

Even the Post didn't say he jumped- just an apparent suicide. Surprised no one has brought up the unmarried man singing Diana Ross tunes angle.

Anna_Merkin

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:06:38 -0500

It's not uncommon for those who play a "caregiver" role to do so in order to avoid dealing with their own depression. Add to that the pressures alluded to by other commentators above, and you've got the potential for suicide. Sad.

esquared

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:57:05 -0500

Think of the more lives he could have saved.

eyekantspel

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:27:39 -0500

Something doesn't smell right here. I don't know. Many professional positions entail a lot of hidden pressures which can lead a person to feel like there's no way out. You can be trapped by the burdens of trying to keep pace with an unmanageable workload, and simply quitting doesn't seem like a viable option, feels like failure before friends and colleagues... Mix things like depression, or debts or addiction... The article said the hospital "denied rumors that Meyer had been fired." Maybe there were performance issues at work which led him to think he was losing his job.

schadenfreudian mensch

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:25:36 -0500

This is likely caused by an airborne neurotoxin exuded by the surrounding plants.

MFer

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:22:23 -0500

This is obviously the work of the often maligned, never seen serial push-out-the-window killer. If you draw a straight line from the first victim's location (Water Street) to Beth Israel and continue ... the next victim will be in Astoria.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:12:26 -0500

From the descriptions of him by his colleagues, he doesn't sound like someone who would just all of a sudden jump out of a window. Plus, he's a doctor. If he wanted to kill himself, he had access to drugs that could do it in a less painful way. Something doesn't smell right here.

edEx

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:07:57 -0500

r.i.p.

navinjohnson

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:54:35 -0500

so sad.... what a tragic day for all those involved.

robingee

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:54:33 -0500

How many people jump to their deaths each year in NYC, I wonder?