An anaesthesiologist in Hyderabad on November 13 killed himself at his home in Hayathnagar. The man, identified as 36-year-old M Ramesh, was said to be depressed after he had separated from his wife, who is also a doctor.

An anesthesiologist is a doctor who is involved in patient care and preparation prior to and during a surgery. They also work in emergency medicine, pain management and critical care. Police said that Ramesh was a native of Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh and had practiced there, but left his job around two months ago and shifted in with his parents in Hyderabad.

He reportedly has a five-year-old son, who lives with his wife. According to media reports, Ramesh informed his parents that he was going upstairs inside their home, to take some rest on November 12. However, when he did not come back down even on November 13 morning, his family went up, to find him dead. Based on a complaint by the family, a case has been registered by the police, who said that they were looking into the incident, and investigating it from all angles.

The body was shifted to conduct an autopsy, and it was later handed over to his family. A case has been registered under Section 174 (suspicious death) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). A similar case had come to light in Hyderabad in 2016, when a 27-year-old medical student killed herself. The woman, B Sravani, was a native of Miryalaguda mandal in Nalgonda district and was pursuing her first-year postgraduate degree at Osmania Medical College. At the time, reports suggested that the woman took the extreme step due to differences with her family.

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