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Nurse found dead 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 Thursday morning. Police said she was on night duty in the…
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 Thursday morning. Police said she was on night duty in the gynaecology ward when she disappeared around 9.40pm on Wednesday. Hospital staff broke the toilet door after it was locked for an unusually long time and found her body inside.
Police recovered empty anaesthetic vials and a syringe from the toilet. No suicide note was found, and the nurse’s phone has been seized. A post-mortem is underway to determine the cause of death. The incident comes two years after a junior doctor was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College, sparking widespread protests across West Bengal.
The Indian Opinion
Every suspicious death in a Bengal hospital now gets compared to the 2024 RG Kar tragedy. That case was brutal and led to promised security upgrades. Yet two years later, a nurse dies alone in a locked toilet, and we get no immediate clarity on whether drugs were self-administered or there is foul play. The post-mortem and call records will decide. Until then, jumping to conclusions helps no one.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, assamtribune.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
