The demise of a resident doctor of a private hospital in Delhi, who died by suicide, is nothing short of murder by the “system”, alleged a...
The demise of a resident doctor of a private hospital in Delhi, who died by suicide, is nothing short of murder by the “system”, alleged a former chief of the Indian Medical Association on Saturday.
“... [This] has created frustration due to the shortage of basic healthcare facilities,” tweeted Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, who was the national president of the Indian Medical Association from 2018-’21. “Bad Science, Bad Politics & Bad Governance.”
The doctor, Vivek Rai, allegedly died by suicide on Friday at his residence in Malviya Nagar, the Hindustan Times reported, citing the police. Deputy Commissioner of Police of South Delhi Devender Arya said a suicide note was found, but in it Rai did not mention the reasons for ending his life.
In a series of tweets, Wankhedkar said that Rai was a resident doctor at the Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, in Delhi. He said that for the last month, Rai had been dealing with intensive care unit patients every day, providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and advanced cardiac life support, or ACLS, to about seven to eight patients per day in which not many survived.
“Due to this frustrating situation he was into, he took such a difficult decision of ending his own life than living with the suffering and emotions of...
