60-year-old anaesthesiologist drowns in lake in Beed

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: In a tragic incident, a 60-year-old doctor from the department of anaesthesiology at Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government Medical College and Hospital drowned while swimming in a lake in Maharashtra's Beed district on Tuesday morning, police said.  

The body of the anesthesiologist was found around 7.30 am in the Kalwati Tanda Lake in Ambajogai, an official told PTI. 

"The deceased would swim in the lake every day; it was his morning routine," an official said.

The incident took place shortly after the doctor entered the lake for a swim; people present in the vicinity noticed his body floating near the waste weir and informed the authorities.

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A post-mortem was conducted, and the body was handed over to his family, the official said.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that in a shocking incident, a doctor working in the department of anaesthesiology at the district hospital in Badaun was found dead at his residence under suspicious circumstances.

The deceased, who was originally from the Mainpuri district, had his family residing in Moradabad. According to preliminary information, the doctor is believed to have suffered a heart attack while bathing, after which he collapsed in the bathroom.

Concern arose when his colleagues visited his home and found him lying unresponsive in the bathroom. They immediately informed the police.

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