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Suicide of medical student gives birth to many questions

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Suicide of medical student gives birth to many questions

Cases of such nature are disappointing and discouraging the parents and the girls to continue studying in the universities.

This refers to the heart wrenching incident of young girl named Noshin Shah, 4th year student of MBBS at Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana, who was found hanged in a hostel room.

It is second case of same nature that happened in the same university within three years. In first case, Nimrita Amarta Maherchandani, a BDS final year student at Bibi Aseefa Dental College was found dead in hanged position in her hostel room. It was later reported that she was sexually assaulted before her death and died due to asphyxiation. According to postmortem report prepared by Dr. Qarar Ahmed Abbasi, student Nimrita was murdered by strangulation after rape.

Deceased Nosheen was also found dead in her university hostel room in hanging position with ceiling fan.

Death of Nosheen roused questions in the minds. What did compel her to commit suicide? Or it may be different case as was of the Nimrita. The initial report of Nimrita was also that she has committed suicide but later when the case was investigated, the results appeared from the forensic and postmortem that Nimrita was raped and the murdered.

One cannot deny the fact that every suicide is considered as a murder. Why a girl felt to that extent that she must take her own life. There may be some mental pressure caused by the surrounding circumstances.

She might be victim of depression. It may be caused by failure of any sort. It could be psychological pressure or may be haunted by the blackmail by the teacher, administration or the boy having mean intentions.

The death of Nosheen has given birth to manifold questions on the society. She was sent to medical university to acquire education as the savior of the humanity but the venom of dejection took her own life.

Cases of such nature are disappointing and discouraging the parents and the girls to continue studying in the universities. They carry a hundred hopes that the daughter will qualify from medical university with a doctor’s degree and practice as a professional doctor.

This is observed with serious concern that the administration of varsity has failed to solve the problems of girl students who after being disappointed took the extreme action of the termination of life.

MBBS degree is very tough. It takes time and requires hard work day and night to qualify each year of the study. Some parents are very curious about the career of their daughters and spend their valuable property to educate them. But incidents of such nature are discouraging other parents to send their daughters to study to such universities. We are already facing low enrollment in education of girls. These cases are cause of complete failure of the system.

The government is urged to take a serious notice of such cases. Why the girl is always victim of such deaths? No justice has yet been given to the Nimrita and now we have the tragic incident of Nosheen. The university administration along with Vice Chancellor must be made accountable to draw the tangible results.

Our girls’ education is very much important to the society. If such cases continue taking place, then the parents will not feel confident to send them for study.   These cases are damaging the girls’ education in our society.

Mujeeb Ali Samo

Larkana Sindh