Osmania Medical College 1st year MBBS student allegedly commits suicide, police suspect depression

Hyderabad: In an unfortunate incident, a 19-year-old first-year MBBS student of Osmania Medical College allegedly died by suicide after jumping from an under-construction building near RGI Stadium in Uppal.

According to his family, he was stressed over his internal examinations. "It seems he was under depression," a police official said, citing the preliminary investigation. No suicide note was recovered from the scene.

Some local residents noticed his body in the early hours of Sunday in an area under Uppal police station limits and informed the police, PTI has reported. 

The incident occurred while the student was staying at his relatives’ house in Ramanthapur and preparing for his examinations with his cousin late into the night. He later left the house unnoticed.

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After the family was unable to find him, they filed a missing complaint at around 7.30 am. Police subsequently found his body at the under-construction building. The body was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem examination and was later handed over to the family, reports Deccan Chronicle.

The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (T-JUDA) and Healthcare Reforms Doctors' Association (HRDA) expressed condolences over the incident.

Commenting on this, Dr Narahari Chandrakanth Reddy General Secretary of TJUDA told Medical Dialogues, "The recent unfortunate incidents remind us of the urgent need to strengthen mental-health support systems for medical students, junior doctors, and the entire medical fraternity. Medical education and clinical training involve significant academic, professional, emotional, and personal challenges. We must create an environment where individuals feel comfortable seeking help early, without stigma or fear of judgment."

Dr Reddy said, "As T-JUDA, we had initiated ED T-JUDA Connect on World Mental Health Day – 10 October 2025, with the vision of providing emotional support and a platform for doctors to reach out, connect, and seek help when needed. We believe this initiative needs to be further strengthened and expanded. Mental-health awareness programmes should be conducted regularly across government and private medical colleges and hospitals, with accessible counselling, peer-support mechanisms, early identification of distress, and appropriate professional referral systems."

"We need to move beyond simply asking students to “be strong.” We must create an environment where they can openly speak about stress, anxiety, loneliness, academic difficulties, or personal problems without fear of judgment or stigma. Medical colleges should have easily accessible, confidential and responsive mental-health support systems, along with supportive faculty, mentors and peer networks. At the same time, every one of us has a role to play. Sometimes, simply asking a friend or colleague, “Are you okay? Do you want to talk?” can open a door for someone who is struggling silently," said Dr Karthik Nagula, State President, HRDA. 

He further added, "If someone is overwhelmed or experiencing thoughts of self-harm, they should not face it alone. Reaching out to a trusted friend, family member, teacher, senior, colleague or mental-health professional is a sign of courage, not weakness. We must build a medical education system where seeking help is normal, mental health is respected, and every student knows that they are valued beyond their marks, rank or academic performance."

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