1 March 2023 05:25 pm Views - 4086
The Peradeniya Police has launched an investigation after a 26-year-old 4th-year female undergraduate of Peradeniya University's Faculty of Engineering died while receiving treatment at the hospital.
The deceased is a resident of Ridigama, Kurunegala.
Police said the university student was admitted to the Peradeniya Hospital following an illness last night and had died in the early hours of today while receiving treatment.
Police said the student has been receiving treatment for a medical condition and the police are conducting further investigations to determine whether she has taken an overdose of the medicine prescribed to her.
A post-mortem has been conducted and the body has been handed over to the relatives after an open verdict was issued. (Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)