44-year-old patient commits suicide at Burdwan Hospital, wife alleges medical negligence

Burdwan: In a shocking incident, a 44-year-old patient admitted to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital (BMCH) committed suicide by hanging from a tree near the morgue of the BMCH hospital with a towel. 

The deceased has been identified as 44-year-old Nayan Bag, who was suffering from recurring pain in the gallbladder. He was a resident of Goghat, Hooghly. 

Nearly a year and 6 months ago, Nayan was first diagnosed with gallbladder stone and was being operated on since this year when he again started to feel the pain in his gallbladder. His wife Mithu Bag took him to the Kotulpur block hospital in Bankura on Tuesday morning and the doctors there referred him to the BMC hospital.

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The doctors at the BMC hospital decided to operate on him again. The operation date was scheduled for Wednesday and he was shifted to the ER ward before getting into the operation theatre. As per Mithu's statement, Nayan started to feel uncontrollable pain at 2 am but no doctors were present at the hospital at that time.