MBBS student from Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences commits suicide by jumping off 7-storey building
Bidar: In an unfortunate incident, a young MBBS student committed suicide by jumping off a seven-storey building in Bidar district of Karnataka on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as 22-year-old medical student.
According to police, the deceased was a final-year medicine student at the Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences (BRIMS). He was residing at the BRIMS hostel and committed suicide in the morning.
Police explain that he hailed from Chitaguppa taluk of Bidar district. He was dejected and under depression after the death of his father. The deceased was the topper in the college.
He told his mother over the phone that he would finish the last exam and return home. However, before he could sit for his last exam, he took his life by committing suicide.
More details of the case are yet to emerge. New Town police are recording the statements of his hostel mates, friends and teachers.
A suicide case has been registered by the police and an investigation is underway. Moreover, no suicide note has been found by the police.
Medical dialogues team had recently reported that altogether 119 medical students committed suicide and 1,166 students left medical colleges and institutes in the last five years, the National Medical Commission (NMC) revealed while replying to a Right to Information (RTI) query.
Referring to the data submitted by 512 medical colleges in the country, the Apex medical education regulatory body, NMC has further revealed that 64 UG and 55 MD/MS students committed suicides in the last five years.
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