The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Mystery shrouds medico’s death

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Aug 27, 2007
ePaper

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Mystery shrouds medico’s death

Staff Reporter

Police suspect that it’s a case of suicide

VIJAYAWADA: A medico was found dead in the ultrasound room of the Government General Hospital on Sunday and the Machavaram police suspected that he might have committed suicide by injecting himself an overdose of an intoxicant.

The victim was identified as N. Chandra Mohan, 28, a first year post-graduate student of general medicine. A native of Abbas Nagar in Kurnool, Chandra Mohan joined the post- graduation course here three months ago and was staying in a room on Mahanadu Road at Patamata, along with four of his classmates. Chandra Mohan was said to be in the habit of using the ultrasound room located on the first floor of the GGH’s new building for late night studies and staying there overnight all alone whenever he had to attend a seminar or appear for an internal test.

As a result, his roommates did not worry much even though he did not return to the room on Saturday night. They said Chandra Mohan had told them that he would participate in a seminar next week.

On Sunday morning, a duty doctor found that Chandra Mohan did not turn up for duty at the stipulated time of 9 a.m. He, along with the roommates of Chandra Mohan, brought the issue to the notice of the hospital authorities and the police.

Even as the police rushed to the hospital, the hospital authorities broke open the door of ultrasound room and found Chandra Mohan dead. They saw an empty bottle of ‘Artacil’, an anaesthesia used during knee surgeries, and a used syringe.

Brilliant student

Vivek, a postgraduate student of medicine and a roommate of the victim, told the police that Chandra Mohan was a brilliant student and secured 25th rank in the PG entrance examination. After completing his MBBS in Russia, Chandra Mohan completed the house surgeon course at the Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad and attended coaching classes for the PG entrance examination in Kerala.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail