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Nurse’s body found in locked toilet at Kolkata’s NRS Hospital
A 30-year-old nurse was found dead in a locked toilet at the state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata early on Thursday. She was on night duty at the high-dependency unit…
The Story in Brief
A 30-year-old nurse was found dead in a locked toilet at the state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata early on Thursday. She was on night duty at the high-dependency unit of the gynaecology department. When she did not return from the washroom around 10.30 pm, colleagues broke open the door and found her unconscious. Doctors declared her dead on arrival.
Police found empty vials of anaesthetic injection and a syringe at the scene. No suicide note was recovered, and the body had no visible injury marks. Her mobile phone has been seized for call records. West Bengal health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee and senior police officers visited the hospital. A post-mortem has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
The Indian Opinion
This case will inevitably invite comparisons with the RG Kar rape and murder. But the facts so far, no injury marks, a syringe, empty anaesthetic vials, point to a possible overdose or self-harm, not a crime. The police are investigating, and the post-mortem is the first test. The state government promised better hospital security after the last tragedy. Now it must show whether those measures were actually put in place. The forensic report on the vials and the autopsy will settle whether this was accident, suicide, or something else.
Sources (3): hindustantimes.com, assamtribune.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
