Another girl student dies by suicide at university in Lahore

LAHORE: Another girl student attempted to take the extreme step of suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of the hostel building of the Fatima Jinnah Medical University in this city on Tuesday night.

The incident raised concern among the college mates of the girl, who found her lying in a pool of blood and immediately informed the college administration.

The girl student (F) was a resident of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and was staying in the government hostel of the FJMU.

According to reports, the girl has sustained multiple injuries in her head and neck apart from bone fractures. She was immediately rushed to the emergency ward of the attached Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, from where she was shifted to the operation theatre after initial assessment.

According to FJMU Vice Chancellor Prof Khalid Masood Gondal, the girl was in a very critical condition. She underwent a major neuro surgery by a team of senior doctors, but she could not survive the injuries.

Prof Gondal revealed that the incident took place at the FJMU girls hostel where she accidentally fell from the building. “We have constituted a medical board consisting of senior doctors,” said the FJMU VC, adding that he has also formed a five-member fact-finding panel of senior doctors and other experts to investigate the matter and submit a report within 24 hours.

Prof Bilquis Shabbir, the Dean Undergraduates, was made the head of the committee.

The VC said that she may have accidentally fallen from the building. However, the eyewitnesses and some sources in the institute reported that she jumped from the building in an attempt to take her own life. There was no reason for her drastic action at that moment.

Earlier, two students, including a female student of a private university in Raiwind, had jumped from the building.