The incident took place on Sunday night. The deceased doctor has been identified as a 37-year-old resident of Madhyamgram in the North 24 Parganas district.
According to police sources, his family claimed that he was mentally devastated by the pressure of his work at the state-run hospital, but have yet to file a complaint with the police in connection with the doctor’s death, news agency IANS reported.
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However, the police have registered a case of unnatural death and started an investigation into the matter.
The deceased doctor’s wife, Aindrila Roy, who is a medical officer at Basirhat District Hospital, informed the police that he was fine on Sunday.
At around 10 p.m., the couple had dinner together at their Madhyamgram residential flat. After that, at around midnight, he told his wife that he was feeling unwell and he needed immediate treatment.
He was taken to a private hospital, where he was declared dead. The wife stated that her husband had taken a little too much medicine at night. Apart from that, there was also work pressure at the hospital. He was under a lot of stress and was suffering from depression.
The body of the deceased has been sent to Barasat Hospital for autopsy. Police sources said the exact cause of death will be known only after the process.
“A case of unnatural death has been registered. An investigation into the matter has started. We are looking at all possible angles,” said a senior officer of the North 24 Parganas district police.
On August 9 last year, the body of a post-graduate trainee was recovered from the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The incident had sent shockwaves across the country and beyond, resulting in widespread sustained protest movements by doctors, common people and even women members of households.
The sole convict, Sanjoy Roy, had already been sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court, but, even after a year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had been unable to complete its investigation on the “larger conspiracy” behind the crime.
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