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Nurse found dead in locked Kolkata hospital toilet
NDTV··14 Aug
A 30-year-old nurse, Rupali Burman, was found dead in a locked restroom at Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday night. Staff broke the door after she did not answer repeated calls. The body was sent for post-mortem. Police said the cause of death was not yet established and that suicide had not been recorded.
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What It Means For You
- If you work night shifts in a government hospital, this case turns on how long a locked staff restroom can stay unanswered before a forced entry.
- Patients and families at NRS can note the health department has given an internal committee seven days to report, apart from the police file.
- Anyone following hospital deaths after RG Kar can see police saying suicide is not established until post-mortem and forensics are complete.
What's Happening
- Burman was found unconscious on the HDU restroom floor after the locked door was forced open around 10.30 pm on August 12.
- Colleagues moved her on a trolley for treatment; officials said she died before a doctor could examine her.
- Kolkata Police's DD Homicide unit is examining CCTV, while Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee visited the hospital on Thursday.
What Investigators Have and Have Not Confirmed
- Burman was originally from Purba Medinipur and was on duty at the nursing station after attending to a patient.
- Agarwal said a forensic team is at the scene and that no suicide finding has been recorded so far.
- Some later reports mentioned vials and an injection mark; those details remain unverified pending the post-mortem, which police said would be done at Calcutta Medical College at the family's request.
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