Unable to face stock market loss, senior doctor hangs self
Bhopal: Stressed over financial problems, an MBBS Doctor posted at the government-run Hamidia Hospital allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Narialkheda locality on Tuesday night after he incurred losses in share market business.
The 56-year-old doctor was posted at Sanjivani clinic in Nariyalkhed on contract basis.
On Tuesday, the doctor had dinner along with his family and went to sleep. When his elder sister-in-law woke up during midnight, she found him hanging at 1:45 am.
A suicide note was recovered from the scene, in which the doctor claimed that he was taking the extreme step, as he was going through a financial crisis and was under a lot of stress, police said.
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In the handwritten note, the doctor wrote that he had invested lakhs of rupees in share market business but suffered loss. He also mentioned in the note that he was facing a financial crunch. Sources told PTI, the doctor was depressed after making the loss.
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In charge of Gautam Nagar police station Saurabh Pandey told The Free Press Journal that the doctor earlier worked with a private hospital but he had quit his job and began practicing at a state-run Sanjivani clinic.
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