Death of Kandy nurse seated on chair while on duty at hospital ... a mystery!

Death of Kandy nurse seated on chair while on duty at hospital ... a mystery!

An incident where a nurse on night duty in Ward 65 in Kandy General Hospital had mysteriously died was reported recently.

The 37 year old nurse Asanthi Kumari Bandara resident at Ruwandanigama, Hemmathagama in Kegalle had passed away in this manner. She was found dead towards early morning hours

seated silently on her chair and 2 nurses who had been on duty at that time had noticed this. One male nurse had gone into a shock on seeing the strange manner in which she had died and had become sick himself and news sources say that he is taking medical treatment.

The post mortem of the dead nurse was conducted by Judicial Medical Officer Mr. Ranjith Dassanayaka last Friday and had returned an open verdict saying that the cause of death would be notified later. Parts of the body of the deceased nurse an a blood sample were secured to be forwarded for further examination to the Government Analyst.

Deceased Asanthi Kumari of Ruwandanigama, Hemmathagama, Kegalle is the mother of one child. This nurse has been serving at Kandy General Hospital for a period of about 10 years at the kidney transplant unit. She had passed away at the very same ward. The police hope to interrogate those who had been on night duty at Ward 65 that day and to conduct further inquiries.