Mumbai: 24-year-old doctor commits suicide by injecting himself with drug at TB hospital

Police reported on Monday that a 24-year-old doctor at the civic-run Tuberculosis Hospital in Sewri allegedly killed himself by injecting himself with a drug.

Dr Adinath Patil hailed from Jalgaon in northern Maharashtra was pursuing an MD degree at KEM Hospital in Parel, an official said. The incident took place on Sunday when Patil was deputed on duty at TB Hospital in Sewri area of central Mumbai, he said.

On Monday morning, Patil was found unconscious in the rest room of the hospital, where two wards are reserved for patients of KEM Hospital undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, the official said.

The doctor was rushed to KEM Hospital, but declared dead, he said. The police recovered a syringe and two vials of a drug, which the doctor allegedly injected himself with and it proved fatal, the official said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered at Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg police station.