After Indian-Origin Doctor’s Suicide, UK To Review Hospital’s Support Culture
The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust (UHB) was under an independent reviewLondon: An independent review into the culture at one of the UK's major National Health Service (NHS) hospital trusts on Tuesday recommended greater support for doctors in training who are concerned about their mental health, in the wake of the suicide of an Indian-origin doctor.Dr Vaishnavi Kumar, who worked at Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital, died aged 35 in June 2022.Her inquest last year heard how she felt “belittled” at work and would come home and cry.The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust (UHB), which runs the hospital among several others in the region, was under an independent review following the death and amid wider performance-related concerns.“In light of the tragic death by suicid...