March 28th Nottingham, UK Healthcare Worker Kills Himself Over Despair from Work

Ken Wilson worked as an operating theatre practitioner at Queen’s Medical Centre where he encountered the frequent tragedy of young people dying from violence. His wife believes that he killed himself due to the despair at the loss of young people from violent crime, car crashes and illness. The father of two teenagers was found dead in a staff living quarters. On a notepad found in his bag he had written: “I’m not mad, just very tired and depressed.” He took his own life by taking an overdose of anesthetics and muscle relaxant drugs used in the operating room.