Haldwani Medical College MBBS student dies of heart attack while undergoing treatment
Dehradun: In a tragic incident, a final-year medical student of Haldwani Medical College succumbed to a heart attack on Thursday while undergoing treatment for viral hepatitis at Synergy Hospital in Dehradun
The deceased student, a resident of Premnagar, Dehradun, had fallen ill while attending his college’s annual festival, which started on September 28 in Haldwani. The student was suffering from high fever following which he received treatment at Sushila Tiwari Hospital.
Observing that his condition did not improve, his friends advised him to return to Dehradun for further medical care. Following this, he came back home on October 1 and was in regular contact with his friends. He informed his friends about joining the college soon after recovering. However, his health deteriorated suddenly, and he was admitted to the ICU at Synergy Hospital.
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Speaking on the incident, Synergy Hospital manager Kamal Garg told Live Hindustan that the student had viral hepatitis and was admitted to the ICU. He died of a heart attack during treatment.
His untimely death has shocked his friends and devastated his family. His friends told the daily, “He used to help the juniors and used to complete all the tasks given by the seniors on time.”
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported about an accidental case where two female MBBS students of Eluru Asram Medical College were found dead and another student was missing after they were swept away while taking a bath in the Jalatharanagini waterfall near the Maredumilli agency area in Alluri Sitarama Raju district.
According to the police, five medical students were swept away initially around 4 pm on Sunday at Jalatharangini waterfalls in Maredumilli, out of whom two were rescued immediately by the police and forest officials who were admitted to a local hospital, but three others could not be rescued.
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