A final-year MBBS student at the Safdarjung Hospital allegedly hanged herself in a hostel room on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Police said that they have also recovered a suicide note and two empty packets of antidepressant medicine from the room.
The student, a resident of Delhi, was residing at the MBBS Girls Hostel, Safdarjung Hospital. Police said the handwritten suicide note found in her diary, revealed that she was unhappy with life. According to Manoj C, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southwest district, the police post at the hospital received information about the incident at 3.30 A.M. on Thursday following which police rushed to the spot.
“When police reached the spot, they found the student of the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital hanging by her neck with a scarf at a room in the hostel,” said the DCP. “The final-year student was doing her internship at the Safdarjung Hospital, the DCP added. “The room was locked from inside and it was forcibly opened by her friends. The student was taken to the emergency department of the hospital where she was declared dead on arrival.
“The statements of her friends were recorded and no foul play is suspected,” said police official privy to investigation. The family members of student had also reached spot and their statements are being recorded.
Further inquest proceeding is being carried out, said police.