Jhansi,

02 March (HS): Chaos and panic spread in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College when

a 66-year-old patient committed suicide in the bathroom of the ward. His body

was found hanging from a towel tied to the door frame in the bathroom. The

family members alleged that the doctors were not treating him properly. Due to

this, Lakhan became upset and committed suicide. The police is investigating

the matter.

66-year-old

Lakhan Singh, a resident of Nauranga village in Hamirpur, was suffering from

chest pain. Family members said that initially he kept taking painkillers at

home, but when the pain increased, they brought him to Jhansi Medical College

for treatment on February 24. Here the doctor admitted him. His son Ramkumar

stayed with Lakhan to take care of him. Brother Manmohan Singh and his nephew

Devendra came to see him on Saturday night. Manmohan said that brother Lakhan

came back to the bed after using the bathroom in front of him. After this, he

and Devendra went out to get fruits. Then Lakhan went to the bathroom again. He

put a towel on his nose and told his son that there was dirt inside. After

this, he went inside, stood on a bucket, made a noose with a towel on the door

frame and hanged himself. After a while, when a patient went to the bathroom,

he ran out screaming. Hearing the noise, the son went and saw that Lakhan had

died.

Manmohan

alleges that Lakhan was not being treated properly. He says that Lakhan’s face

was swollen and his entire body was filled with water. If he had received

proper treatment, Lakhan would not have committed suicide. The police have

taken the body into custody and sent it for post-mortem.

In

this case, CMS of the medical college, Dr. Sachin Mahur, says that Lakhan

Singh’s lungs were filled with water due to TB. There was water outside the

heart as well. He was undergoing treatment. He said that the allegations of the

family members will be investigated. The police have been informed.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi