Telangana: Woman PG medico attempts suicide over ‘harassment’ by senior
The woman PG medico was found unconscious on duty by the staff and doctors. She allegedly attempted suicide at a state-run hospital in the Warangal district of Telangana after reportedly being harassed by one of her seniors, a male doctor, said the police. Read here for more details.
In Telangana, at a state-run hospital in Warangal district, a first-year woman postgraduate student of the medical college allegedly attempted suicide on Wednesday reportedly after being harassed by one of her seniors, a male doctor, police said.
She is suspected to have resorted to the act either by administering some drug orally or through intravenous means. The medico, who was on duty at the hospital, was found unconscious by the staff and doctors, who gave her initial treatment at the hospital. Later on, when her health condition got critical, she was shifted to a state-run hospital in Hyderabad. The police said that her condition is now improving, as reported by The Print.
Complaint filed against her senior
The lady medico's father has lodged a complaint with police accusing a senior student of harassing her daughter and a case was registered, said Warangal Commissioner of Police A V Ranganath. The accused in the case is her senior, a second-year (MD) student in the Department of Anaesthesia at the medical college, who has allegedly been making comments to belittle and harass her.
"He had also posted comments against the woman in the online groups of an instant messaging platform and hence she took the decision to attempt suicide unable to bear the harassment," said the complaint.
The medical college also established a committee to probe into the matter.
“We are presuming it to be an attempted suicide and based on further investigation the exact reasons will be known,” the senior police officer said.
Once she recovers, the police would get more details and the next plan of action would depend on that, the official added.
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