23 year-old house surgeon found dead in KMC hostel

02/05/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,CHENNAI

A 23-year-old woman house surgeon was found dead in her hostel room at the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital on Friday.

Since the lockdown has been in force, she came from her house in Perambur and was staying in the hostel from April 14. According to hospital authorities, she was a CRRI and joined duty on April 18.

On Friday, she did not come out from her room nor respond to anyone. Police personnel broke the door down and rushed her to the hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Hospital authorities confirmed that her swabs tested negative for COVID-19. However, post-mortem findings were inconclusive, they said, and added, “The cause of death is not immediately known.”