#AIIMS MBBS GIRL STUDENT REPORTEDLY COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING

PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT TODAY’S INCIDENT AT AIIMS
It is with deep regret that AIIMS administration informs you about an unfortunate incident which happened at AIIMS campus in the early hours of 30th August 2015, in which the body of one of the recently joined 1st year MBBS student was found hanging in her room in the Girls Hostel of the Campus. The incident was reported by the friends and other students of the Girls Hostel at about 0250 am today. The AIIMS security, hostel staff and hostel superintendents immediately rushed to the incident site and also informed the Delhi Police Authorities. Thereafter the Police arrived at the Hostel and took the charge of the body which was then taken to AIIMS emergency. The police are now investigating the incident and have ceased the mobile phone of the student for any clues, however no suicide note has been found in the room of the deceased.

The deceased Ms. Khoshboo Chaudhary was a resident of Bikaner, Rajasthan and had joined the Institute on 10th of July 2015, as a first year MBBS student. According to her friends she was a cheerful girl and had spent the last evening with most of her friends shopping and going out. According to one of her friends she had been normally interacting with her friends till a few minutes before this incident was reported.

The preliminary enquiry by the AIIMS has ruled out ragging or any adjustment difficulties (she had been a student at the AIIMS for six weeks only) as the possible cause of alleged suicide.

The AIIMS authorities have also ordered an internal inquiry into the incident and will be interacting with the police in order to find out the cause of this unfortunate incident. Meanwhile the parents and family of Ms. Khusboo have been informed by the AIIMS authorities and they will be arriving today by noon.

Dr. Amit Gupta,
Spokesperson,
AIIMS, New Delhi &
Addl Prof of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, JPNATC (AIIMS)