The Vavuniya General Hospital was struck by tragedy yesterday when an employee was found dead within the hospital premises. The deceased, K. Jivaraja, 34, had been serving as a gate guard at the hospital for an extended period.
Jivaraja had recently been admitted to Ward 12 to receive treatment for mental stress. During his stay, a group of hospital employees discovered that he had hanged himself in a corner of the ward. They promptly alerted the hospital police.
Jivaraja was a resident of the Nochimottai area in Vavuniya. The Vavuniya Police and the Hospital Police have jointly initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.