A 40-year-old employee at a prominent Information Technology (IT) firm passed away due to cardiac arrest in the washroom of the company’s office in Nagpur, Maharashtra, as confirmed by officials on Sunday. The incident occurred on Friday.
The deceased, identified as Nitin Edwin Michael, was a senior analyst at HCL Technologies. According to an official from the Sonegaon police station, he was found unresponsive around 7 PM after entering the washroom in the Mihan area of the office.
Colleagues immediately transported him to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Nagpur, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The Sonegaon police have since sent the body for a postmortem examination and registered a case of accidental death. Initial autopsy results suggested that cardiac arrest was the cause of death.
On the sudden death of its employee, HCLTech released the official statement. The official spokesperson, HCLTech, said, “This is an unfortunate incident and a tragic loss. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased employee and are providing all possible assistance to them. In this incident, the employee was provided emergency support at the campus healthcare clinic and rushed to the hospital. The wellbeing of our people is of utmost priority and HCLTech provides healthcare programs for its all employees and their families, including on-campus clinics and annual preventive health checks.”
The police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding his passing. Michael is survived by his wife and their six-year-old son.
With inputs from PTI