Resident doctor found dead in Sion Hospital hostel bathroom, anaesthesia overdose suspected
Shivcharan Appa Patil, a first-year surgery postgraduate, was found dead in the hostel bathroom; police are investigating and the hospital will hold an internal inquiry.
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The death of a resident doctor studying at Sion Hospital in Mumbai has caused alarm on the hospital campus. The doctor has been identified as Shivcharan Appa Patil. His body was found last night in the bathroom of the hospital hostel. Police reached the spot soon after the news spread and began a further investigation.
It is being said that Patil died by suicide in his room at the hospital hostel. Preliminary information suggests he may have taken an overdose of anaesthesia. This is only preliminary information, and the police investigation is continuing.
Patil was in the first year of his postgraduate (PG) course in the surgery department. He was working as a resident doctor at the same hospital.
The incident has created an atmosphere of fear among the resident doctors of Sion Hospital. Earlier, a doctor at J.J. Hospital had also died by suicide. The death of the Sion Hospital doctor has now caused unrest here as well. A resident doctor taking his own life in this manner at a hospital is being regarded as a matter of concern.
Speculation is also being voiced on whether this was suicide or foul play. However, according to preliminary information, it is believed to be a case of suicide. Police are investigating the matter from all angles.
According to preliminary information from Mumbai Police, the exact reason for the suicide has not yet become clear. Police are investigating the entire matter, and the actual reason is expected to emerge after the investigation.
Dr Pramod Ingale, the dean of the hospital, said the hospital administration will conduct an internal inquiry into the incident. He said the actual reason behind the suicide will become clear only through the police investigation.
