Maharashtra Medical College: Assistant Professor suffering from Bipolar Disorder allegedly commits suicide

Mumbai: In an unfortunate incident, an assistant professor at Government Medical College, Aurangabad, who had been suffering from bipolar disorder; has allegedly committed suicide by injecting himself with three kinds of sedative medications at his residence recently. A suicide note has been recovered from the spot wherein the doctor had reportedly stated that he had been going through “psychiatric illness”. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as a Karnataka based 28-year-old gold medallist in medicine from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) and was working as a lecturer attached to the medicine department at the medical college. The investigating officers informed PTI, "We have recovered a suicide note which informs that the deceased was suffering from bipolar disorder and was facing social anxiety for the past 15 days. Prima facie, it seems he consumed some medicines."

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