Mysuru, Mar 29: Two doctors — Dr N Sathish Kumar (56) and his wife Dr G Veena (57) — have committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan, with the same saree on Wednesday afternoon in a room of their house on 14th Main Road, Saraswathipuram, in the city.
Their only son, a medical student, had died in a road mishap in 2007. Dr Sathish had been diagnosed with a heart problem at Jayadeva Hospital on Wednesday morning and was advised to undergo an open heart surgery.
The bodies were found hanging by Dr Sathish's younger brother P N Chandrasekhar. The families of Dr Sathish, Chandrasekhar and another younger brother were all residing in the same building, on different floors.
After Dr Sathish had complained of chest pain, on Tuesday, he was admitted to Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, here. On Wednesday, he had come home, assuring the doctors that he would come ready for the surgery.
Chandrasekhar said, "My brother and sister-in-law came home around 9.30 am. I returned to my house at 11 am after talking to them for sometime. Around 11.45 am, I called them to come and have some tea. When they did not respond, I thought that they may be asleep and returned. But, when I went to call them for lunch around 2 pm, I found them dead."
Natives of Kote Badavane in Periyapatna town, the brothers had shifted to Mysuru some years back. They were living as a joint family, despite residing in different houses. Alumni of the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Dr Sathish and Dr Veena, of the same batch, had tied the knot. After working in Ponnampet of Kodagu district and also in Bengaluru, the couple were working in a hospital of the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, in Anta, Baran district, Rajasthan.
Later, they joined the hospital of Birla Cements in Kalaburagi. When their son Vishaka secured a medical seat in JSS Medical College in Mysuru, they shifted to Mysuru and opened a clinic in Saraswathipuram. Vishaka (20) had died, as a bus rammed into his new motorbike, near Kukkarahalli Lake, on February 27, 2007.
Chandrasekhar said, it took some years for them to come out of the shock of the death of their son.
"In 2011, they closed the clinic and took to travelling. They were associated with the Youth Hostels Association of India and used to extend medical care to the trekkers. They would spend a lot of time, at least eight months in a year, travelling, mostly in the Himalayas. After spending three months in Manali, they had returned only in December. They had planned a trip again in April," he said.
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Very sad news. I could not understand why people are not facing what the God has given to them. Why are they not taking care of the valuable gift God has given to them. We should face the situation and be happy with whatever God has gifted to us. Committing suice is not advisible to any one. Being respected people this couple should not have done this mistake.
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