Jodhpur/Jaipur: A female resident doctor was found dead in her hostel room under suspicious circumstances at Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur Thursday.The deceased, identified as Nikki Chaudhary, was found unconscious inside her room and was rushed to the trauma centre of MDM Hospital, where doctors declared her dead at around 6 pm.Chaudhary, a native of Jhunjhunu, was a first-year postgraduate student of the 2025 batch in the anaesthesia department. She was staying in room number 312 of the PG hostel at Umaid Hospital.MDM Hospital superintendent Vikas Rajpurohit said Nikki had been unwell since Wednesday and was suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea. Due to her illness, she had taken leave Wednesday.She had reportedly remained in her hostel room since Thursday morning.According to preliminary information, when her fellow residents knocked on her room’s door in the evening and received no response, they alerted the hospital management. She was subsequently found unconscious and taken to MDM Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.The hostel room has been sealed, and police have initiated an investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding her death. The exact cause of death is yet to be established.Dr Lakshya Mittal, chairperson of United Doctors Front (UDF), a doctors’ organisation, has urged the National Medical Commission and Rajasthan Medical Education Department to ensure an independent, time-bound investigation in the alleged resident doctor suicide case in Jodhpur medical college. He said, “A medical degree should never come at the cost of a young doctor’s dignity, safety or mental well-being. Institutional accountability must begin now.”
