Doctor found dead inside Civil hospital
Nurse found him sitting on a chair, with a syringe and three sedatives near his body
Nurse found the doctor sitting on a chair, with a syringe and three sedatives near his body. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
An on-duty doctor at one of the city’s major government-run hospitals was found dead in his room under mysterious circumstances on Friday morning.
According to Eidgah police station SHO Naeemuddin, Dr A*, 24, was found dead in a locked room in Civil Hospital, Karachi. The deceased Hindu doctor was posted as a medical officer in the hospital’s ICU.
At 5:30am, he went to his room located next to the ICU. Later, a sweeper knocked on the door but nobody opened it. “The staff had been trying to wake him up since 7:30am,” said SHO Naeemuddin. “When a staff nurse opened his room with a key at 8:15am, she found him dead while sitting on a chair. A syringe and at least three sedative injections were found near the body.”
Suicide or not?
Police officials were unable to ascertain the cause of his death. However, they suspected that the doctor had either committed suicide or he was a drug addict and died due to overdose. “Some more marks of the injection were also there on his body, which suggest that the doctor might have been an addict,” the officer explained. “Most probably, he died due to overdose instead of committing suicide.”
The officer said that the police were waiting for the post-mortem report of the doctor, which will help the police in ascertaining the cause of the death. Apart from this, the officer said that the police will also record the statements of his colleagues and nursing staff as well as his family and friends for investigations. After conducting an autopsy, the body was taken to his hometown, Larkana.
According to the additional medical superintendent at Civil hospital, Abdul Qadir Siddiqui, Dr A* was a recent graduate of Dow Medical College and had been serving as house officer for the last three months.
Normally, the on-duty doctors do not lock their doors while resting during a night shift, which is why this case seems like a suicide, he said. “A medico-legal report, which has been carried out, will further ascertain the cause of death,” said Siddiqui.
Dr A was a resident of Lahori Muhalla in Larkana and was the second child of his parents. He leaves behind a brother, sister and mother. His father died a few years back.
*Name withheld to protect identity
Published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2016.
An on-duty doctor at one of the city’s major government-run hospitals was found dead in his room under mysterious circumstances on Friday morning.
According to Eidgah police station SHO Naeemuddin, Dr A*, 24, was found dead in a locked room in Civil Hospital, Karachi. The deceased Hindu doctor was posted as a medical officer in the hospital’s ICU.
At 5:30am, he went to his room located next to the ICU. Later, a sweeper knocked on the door but nobody opened it. “The staff had been trying to wake him up since 7:30am,” said SHO Naeemuddin. “When a staff nurse opened his room with a key at 8:15am, she found him dead while sitting on a chair. A syringe and at least three sedative injections were found near the body.”
Suicide or not?
Police officials were unable to ascertain the cause of his death. However, they suspected that the doctor had either committed suicide or he was a drug addict and died due to overdose. “Some more marks of the injection were also there on his body, which suggest that the doctor might have been an addict,” the officer explained. “Most probably, he died due to overdose instead of committing suicide.”
The officer said that the police were waiting for the post-mortem report of the doctor, which will help the police in ascertaining the cause of the death. Apart from this, the officer said that the police will also record the statements of his colleagues and nursing staff as well as his family and friends for investigations. After conducting an autopsy, the body was taken to his hometown, Larkana.
According to the additional medical superintendent at Civil hospital, Abdul Qadir Siddiqui, Dr A* was a recent graduate of Dow Medical College and had been serving as house officer for the last three months.
Normally, the on-duty doctors do not lock their doors while resting during a night shift, which is why this case seems like a suicide, he said. “A medico-legal report, which has been carried out, will further ascertain the cause of death,” said Siddiqui.
Dr A was a resident of Lahori Muhalla in Larkana and was the second child of his parents. He leaves behind a brother, sister and mother. His father died a few years back.
*Name withheld to protect identity
Published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2016.