# Nurse found dead in Kolkata hospital washroom, police probe overdose 2026-08-13T13:57:10+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets A 30-year-old nurse was found dead in a washroom of state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata hours after she reported for night duty on Wednesday. Colleagues broke open the locked door around 10.30 pm and found her unconscious. She was declared dead by a doctor on the scene. Police found no visible injury marks or suicide note. Several medicine vials were reportedly discovered near her body, leading investigators to suspect a possible overdose of an anaesthetic drug, the Federal reports, quoting a police officer. The health department has ordered an internal inquiry, and a post-mortem is being conducted at Kolkata Medical College at the family's request. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - thefederal.com Tags: hospital death, Kolkata, nurse, police investigation, post-mortem Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nurse-found-dead-in-kolkata-hospital-toilet-police-probe/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nurse-found-dead-in-kolkata-hospital-toilet-police-probe/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.