Gujarat nurse allegedly hangs self inside hospital storeroom
Rajkot: A 22-year-old nurse attached to Sir Takhtasinhji General Hospital in Bhavnagar allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside the government hospital's storeroom Sunday.
According to a recent media report in The Indian Express, the extreme step was taken in protest of her proposed marriage with a man chosen by her parents.
Police found a suicide note, purportedly written by the nurse, from the storeroom in which she stated that she was taking the extreme step as she did not wanted to get married to the man of her parent's choice.
The deceased has been identified as a resident of Rohidas Vaas in Bhavnagar's Anandnagar area who had been working as a contractual nurse in the government hospital for a month and half.
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On October 17, the nurse was found hanging from a rope which was tied to the ceiling fan in a storeroom on the seventh floor of the hospital by a security guard following which he alerted the administration.
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