Hospital spokesperson says all staff have been evacuated, policeman being persuaded to not commit suicide
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Policeman was receiving psychiatric treatment at Cerrahpasa hospital
He barricaded himself in a room; police are negotiating with him
Staff from the psychiatric ward have been evacuated
Earlier, Turkish media reports said the man had taken doctors and other staff hostage at Istanbul's Cerrahpasa hospital. But the hospital spokesman, shown on Dogan news agency video, says all staff have been evacuated from the psychiatry unit and police negotiators are trying to persuade the man not to kill himself.
The hospital official who spoke to reporters outside the hospital was not immediately identified.
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