TN: Depressed final year MBBS student allegedly commits suicide by hanging self in hostel room
Coimbatore: In a tragic incident, an MBBS student attached to Karpagam Medical College allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at the boys' hostel on Thursday evening.
The 22-year-old final year medical student was a resident of Tiruvannamalai and was residing in the boys' hostel of the medical college.
As per a recent media account, the deceased had failed in one of the subjects in his second-year examination. Heartbroken over the fact, he was undergoing treatment for depression for the last couple of years.
As per the investigating officer, the medico had returned to the college hostel almost 5 days ago in order to attend one of the arear examinations.
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