Rajasthan doctor suicide: BJP leader arrested for instigating 'harassment'

Archana Sharma, the doctor who was accused of murder, committed suicide on Wednesday leaving behind a heartbreaking suicide note where she asserted her innocence and said she took the step over harassment.

She was stressed over the FIR filed against her under charges of murder based on unproven allegations of medical negligence, informed Disaster Mental Health Expert Dr Naresh Purohit.

The gynaecologist was accused of causing the death of a woman during childbirth, which initiated a police case

The suicide has triggered an outrage across the country and following which Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot suspended police officers in the area.

Doctors have hit the streets demanding action against the state police, which filed a murder case against Archana Sharma on basis of complaints from the family of the patient who died.

In her suicide note, the doctor mentioned that the patient had died due to a postpartum haemorrhage post-delivery, a known medical complication.

“I didn't commit any mistake. I didn't kill anyone. Please do not harass my family and my children. The patient died of PPH, a known complication. Don't harass doctors. Please. My death will perhaps prove my innocence," the handwritten note read.

Dr Sunil Upadhyay, the distraught husband of Dr Archana Sharma, told NDTV: "There should be action against the police. How did they file a case of Section 302 (murder) against her? There should be a law to stop harassing doctors and demanding money from them. My wife has died but what about other innocent doctors?"

Promising action in the case, Ashok Gehlot tweeted: "The suicide incident of Dr Archana Sharma is deeply saddening. We consider doctors as gods. To save the life of patients, every doctor tries their best, but in case of any mishappening, it is not justified to blame the doctors."