Thane doctor injects self with anaesthetiic, dies Times of India, Hindustan Times, 10 March 2011

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Thane doctor injects self with anaesthetic, dies
Susamma Kurian, Hindustan Times
Thane, March 10, 2011
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A gynaecologist committed suicide at his Thane (East) residence by injecting himself with an anaesthetic on Wednesday morning. Dr Mahesh Gosavi, 52, also a civic health officer, lived on the fourth floor of Raut House at Dutta Mandir Marg in Kopri and ran his Mata Vaishnavi Hospital from the ground
, second and third floor of the building.

The police found a syringe, an empty bottle of ketamine hydrochloride injection IP, which is usually used as a painkiller and anaesthetic, and papers strewn in the bedroom.

They also found a suicide note, written on a Rs 100 stamp paper, in which he stated that nobody was to be held responsible for his death and also requested his body to be donated for anatomy dissection.

Dr Gosavi had been suffering from high blood pressure for the last 15 days and had undergone a bypass surgery three years ago, but the police do not think he could have ended his life because of health problems.

Gosavi is survived by his wife Dr Bharti, 47, and son Vihang, 19, who is studying at IIT-Bombay.

“His wife said that he was depressed on not finding some papers related to Devthirth Society in Manpada, where the family owns three flats. He used to be the chairman of the society but after elections were held on February 6, a new chairman was elected.

Gosavi had to hand over the society papers to him, but couldn’t find them,” said senior police inspector Dattatray Pawar of the Kopri police station.

“I do not have much information about what happened as I stay at the hostel and came home in the morning... He had not been keeping very well for the past several days,” said Vihang.

Soon after the news of his death flashed on the local news channel, hundreds of Dr Gosavi’s patients thronged the hospital to pay their last respects.

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Debt-ridden? Top Thane gynaecologist ends life
Nitin Yeshwantrao, TNN | Mar 10, 2011, 12.36am IST
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Tags:Mata Vaishnavi Hospital|ketamine hydrochloride|Dr Mahesh Gosavi
THANE: Prominent gynaecologist Dr Mahesh Gosavi (52) allegedly committed suicide by injecting himself with a fatal overdose of an anaesthetic at his house in Thane (E) early on Wednesday. He was found lying motionless inside his room by his wife, Dr Bharti, around 9.30 am, three hours after he had administered himself with ketamine hydrochloride, a drug used as general anesthesia or tranquillisers by veterinary doctors.

Police claimed to have found a note in the room believed to be written by Gosavi wherein he took "all responsibility for the suicide". "An ash-tray brimming with cigarette butts inside the room suggested that the decision to take the extreme step could be a calculated one," sources said. Though the motive is still unclear, unconfirmed reports suggest that he was running a huge debt.

According to sources, Gosavi started his own hospital at Kopri and is said to have had a flourishing practice. He lived in a fourth-floor apartment, while his Mata Vaishnavi Hospital occupied the second and third floor in the same building.

Recently, Gosavi started another hospital on Ghodbunder Road and is said to have incurred huge debts in the process. "In the note, Gosavi took responsibility for making illegal alterations to the hospital and asked his wife to sell Raghuvir Hospital on Ghodbunder Road. He wanted money from the deal to be paid off to his creditors and the remainder to be given to his son currently studying in IIT," a police officer said.

Whistle-Blower Doc

Gosavi, who figured among the who's who in Thane, was particularly famous for his role in the ouster of former CM Shivajirao Nilangekar, former governor Kona Prabhakar Rao and ex-vice chancellor of Mumbai university A Reddy way back in 1986. As a medical student, Gosavi had dragged Nilangekar to court for manipulating the grade sheets of MD (Gynaecology and Obstetrics) exams held in 1985 to favour his daughter Dr Chandrakala Patil. Gosavi, who had also appeared for the same exam, was declared unsuccessful, while Patil, who had failed in previous three attempts, was cleared because of her political clout. The high court had ruled in favour of Gosavi, resulting in the exit of Nilangekar, Rao and Reddy.