Apollo doctor commits suicide

NEW DELHI: A senior doctor of the Apollo hospital here has allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance, police said on Tuesday.

Umesh Sharma (40) was the head of emergency medicine department of the premier hospital in south Delhi.

He was found unconscious at his residence in Sarita Vihar this morning after which he was rushed to the Apollo, where he was declared dead on arrival, police said.

A one-line suicide note found from him said nobody was responsible for his death.

Sharma had re-joined the hospital as Head of Department, emergency medicine, in May last year after he had left it for pursuing higher studies.