Body of a youth found in washroom of Fazilka hospital, SMO claims drug overdose

FAZILKA: The dead body of a youth was found in the washroom of the government civil hospital in Fazilka.

Giving details, Dr. Eric, Senior Medical Officer, said that renovation work was going on in the government civil hospital. The labour was working in the washroom area of the hospital when a young man came running. He said that he had to go to defecate, so the workers let him use the washroom.

When he did not come out after a long time, the workers started knocking on the door. When there was no sound from inside, a worker jumped over the wall of the bathroom and looked inside, the youth was seen lying unconscious in the bathroom.

When the staff deployed in the emergency came to know about it, the youth was immediately taken to the emergency
ward where he was declared brought dead.

Dr Eric claimed that prima-facie it looks like a case of drug overdose as an injection was found in the washroom. As
the identification of the deceased youth was not established, his body has been kept in the mortuary of the government hospital for postmortem and the local police has been informed, he added.