MBBS student kills self with drug overdose

JAIPUR: A 22-year-old MBBS student of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College committed suicide on Sunday with an overdose of analgesic pills and injections at his residence in Narayan Nagar in the city. According to the Bajaj Nagar police, the deceased was identified as Sheshank Sancheti, a final year MBBS student. He was found unconscious in his room and was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared brought dead. "Sheshank asked his domestic help to leave him alone as he did not want to be disturbed. Later, when he failed to answer a number of phone calls from his mother calling from Jodhpur, she asked his roommate Samar to check on him. When Samar reached home, he found the room locked from inside. He managed to open the door and found Sheshank. He then informed us," said a senior police officer.'Was unable to focus on studies' The post mortem reports suggest that a high dose of analgesics proved fatal for him. "The reports suggest that he injected analgesics into his body. He had also consumed at least a dozen analgesic pills," said a police officer. Senior doctor Dhiraj Verma explained how a high dose of analgesics can prove fatal: "It depends on dosage. If it is a heavy dose like diclofenac, it can first burst ulcers and also lead to respiratory depression and kidney failure." Sheshank was to appear for internal exams starting from Tuesday and was preparing for the final semester exam to be held in December. "He had been feeling low for almost a month and had told his classmates that he was unable to focus on studies," said Suresh Kumar, circle inspector, Bajaj Nagar police station.