An Oxford University-trained doctor suffering from Long Covid gassed himself in his mother’s car because he could no longer cope with the illness, an inquest heard.
Abhijeet Tavare, 27, was found slumped in the car by his doctor friends who went looking for him on the middle of the night.
A coroner heard his mother had returned to their home on London Road, Bushey, Herts., after her usual morning walk, only to realise something was wrong.
She went into her son’s bedroom and found his suicide notes.
In a statement from Abhijeet’s GP which was read to the inquest, it was revealed that the son, known as Abhi to friends, had contracted Covid-19 in September 2020, which he initially recovered from, only for symptoms of Long-Covid to emerge.
The inquest in Hertford was told that he reported he was suffering from palpitations, difficulty sleeping, extreme fatigue, as well as cognitive decline caused by brain fog – the latter meant he could no longer work for the international management consulting company and moved back home with his mother.
‘His mum woke up and went for a walk. She got back and noticed he hadn’t left his bedroom. She opened his door and he wasn’t there. Then she found the letters and immediately called his sister-in-law, who then called police.’
Officers declared him a high-risk missing person and began a search after finding CCTV of where the car he was driving was last spotted. Meanwhile, his closest friends – all junior doctors – heard the news he was missing and formed a search party.
The inquest was told that a combination of police investigations and reports, as well as the friends’ use of iphone-tracking and bank transaction tracking, led them to an area where he was last believed to have been
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