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Nurse found dead at Kolkata hospital, overdose angle under probe
A 30-year-old nurse was found dead in a washroom at Kolkata’s state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital during her night duty. Colleagues broke open the locked door at about 10.30 pm after…
The Story in Brief
A 30-year-old nurse was found dead in a washroom at Kolkata’s state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital during her night duty. Colleagues broke open the locked door at about 10.30 pm after she failed to respond. Police found medicine vials nearby and are examining whether an anaesthetic drug overdose caused her death, while investigating other possibilities. No visible injuries or suicide note were found.
Police and the Health Department are conducting separate inquiries. The department has formed an eight-member committee, which must submit its findings within seven days. The nurse’s husband requested that the postmortem be conducted elsewhere, and the body was sent to Kolkata Medical College. The Health Minister said it would be premature to call the death suicide before the postmortem report.
The Indian Opinion
The quick claims circulating around this case need restraint. Calling it suicide before forensic findings would be as careless as treating the vials as proof of an overdose. Police must establish how the medicine was obtained, while the hospital inquiry should examine duty records, access controls and emergency response. The postmortem report, toxicology findings and the committee’s seven-day report should provide the first firm test of what happened.
Source: indiatoday.in
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