Final year MBBS student at Safdarjung Hospital hangs self in hostel room

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a final-year MBBS student at the Safdarjung Hospital allegedly hanged herself in a hostel room, police said. The police post at the hospital received information about the incident at 3.30 am on Thursday, they said.

The student, a resident of Delhi, was residing at the MBBS Girls Hostel, Safdarjung Hospital. She was found in a room in the MBBS Hostel of the hospital.

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Police reached the spot and found the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital student hanging by her neck with a scarf in a room in the hostel, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Manoj C said. The final-year student was doing her internship at the Safdarjung Hospital since April this year, the DCP added.  

A police official told ANI, "We received a call at 3.30 am that a final year MBBS student committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at MBBS Girls Hostel, Safdarjung hospital. She was declared dead after she was taken to hospital."

The room was locked from the 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. A handwritten suicide note was found in the diary of the deceased, police said. The crime team was also called on the spot. 

Two empty packets of antidepressant medicine were also found inside the room. The statements of her friends were recorded and no foul play is suspected, they said.

The family members of the deceased had also reached the spot and their statements are being recorded. Further inquest proceeding is being carried out, police added. 

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