"Will Become Doctor In Next Life": 19-Year-Old NEET Aspirant Dies By Suicide
A 19-year-old NEET aspirant in Maharashtra died by suicide, citing academic stress in a note to his parents. The incident occurs amid ongoing national controversy regarding the integrity and competitiveness of the NEET examination process.
Why it matters
This highlights the severe mental health crisis among students in India's high-pressure competitive examination system.
He will definitely become a doctor in the next life, a 19-year-old Maharashtra student, who was preparing for medical college entrance examination, promised his parents before allegedly dying by suicide.The student was found dead at his home in Khandala, located in the Vaijapur taluka of Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.He has been identified as Suraj Subhash Shinde.Preliminary indications suggest that he killed himself due to immense stress regarding his studies and future.According to reports, Suraj was studying for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), one of the country's most competitive exams,in an upstairs room of his house, just as he usually did.Before allegedly killing himself, he left behind an emotional two-line note."Sorry, Mom and Dad... I will definitely become a doctor for you in the next life.
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