PROMISE DASHED
‘Stressed’ MBBS student on Covid duty hangs to death
Long Note Makes Cops Suspect It’s Pre-Planned
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Vadodara:
The medical fraternity in Vadodara was left in a deep shock after a 22-year-old MBBS student committed suicide, reportedly due to stress.
Siddharth Bhadrecha, a third-year-student of GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri, was found hanging in his hostel room early on Wednesday morning.
Siddharth, a native of Mangrol taluka of Junagadh, left a suicide note written in English wherein he said that he was ending his life due to stress.
“The first few lines of the note said that he was committing suicide due to stress. But there was no mention of the reason behind the stress. We are trying to ascertain why he was so stressed. His friends had no idea of his condition and neither his parents knew anything,” said R C Kanamia, Gorwa police inspector.
Siddharth had been doing Covid duty at Gotri GMERS hospital. Kanamia said, “His Covid duty was over on April 30 and he was off duty. We are not sure if his suicide was due to any work pressure. His mobile phone is locked but we will go through the call details to get more clues.”
Siddharth’s room partner had a brief chat with him on Tuesday night and then left for his duty. Police claimed that his room partner told them that Siddharth didn’t appear tense or in any problem. When he returned from duty and knocked on their hostel room’s door, Siddharth didn’t answer. The door was locked from inside so he put his mobile phone camera through the window to check and saw Siddharth hanging from the ceiling.
“He ended his life between 1.30am and 7 am. In his three-page suicide note, Siddharth wrote that he couldn’t be a good son and brother. He thanked his parents and even mentioned his friends as well as lecturers. The deceased said that he was lucky to have good friends and teachers who taught him a lot,” Kanamia told TOI.
He also wrote about his dreams of buying a car and a motorbike, and how he wanted to live his life as a good person. Siddharth’s father is into fishing business.
Investigators said that he may have planned to commit suicide as he wrote a long note.
Resident doctors and interns are reeling under severe work pressure. Sources said they also complained of relentless work without break or leave.
On April 23, the death of 22-year-old physiotherapy student had sparked massive outrage among the students who had alleged that she was forced to work in the Covid-19 ward despite her comorbidities.
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