Unfortunate: Quarantined MS General Surgery Medico of Madras medical College found dead
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Chennai: In an unfortunate incident, a young postgraduate medical student who was staying under self-quarantine at a hotel in T Nagar was found dead in his room on Monday night.
The deceased has been identified as a 24-year-old resident of Salem district who was pursuing MS in general surgery at Madras Medical College. The medico was serving at the COVID ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. He was found dead when he was staying in isolation as a mandatory protocol.
Police are still investigating the case to discover the reason behind the unnatural death.
A senior police official told The New Indian Express ,"As per the Covid protocols, he was asked to go under self-quarantine and allotted a room at a hotel in T Nagar. While he was supposed to return to duty on Tuesday, his family could not reach him over the phone as it was switched off. Then they contacted the hotel staff to check his room."
After the family member contacted the hotel staff, they opened the hostel room with a spare key and the doctor was found lying unconscious in his vomit. He had vomited food and blood.
The doctor was immediately taken to Government Royapettah Hospital but he was declared dead on arrival. The police have registered a case of unnatural death and have also started their investigation.
The initial investigation suggested that it may be a case of suicide. However, there is no confirmation yet, hence police are awaiting the postmortem report to confirm whether it is a case of suicide by consuming poison or not.
Police are also contemplating whether there is a case of food poisoning. Hence they are awaiting the post mortem reports from RGGGH. After talking with the bereaved parents of the medico, it was found that he was feeling depressed regarding his duty in the COVID ward, reports the daily.
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