A 39-year old senior hospital clinician at Mulanje District Hospital has died at his house after taking drugs on empty stomach resulting into an overdosage.
This happened at Kumwamba village in Traditional Authority Mabuka in the district.
According to Mulanje Police Spokesperson Innocent Moses the deceased Regan Durani was a well known drug addict who used to inject himself with intoxicating drugs.
Moses says on September 09,2023 he never took both lunch and supper that was prepared by his sister who stays together in that house.
On the following day, Durani never came to his breakfast despite several calls by her sister.
This prompted her to force open the bedroom door only to find him dead with syringes and bottles of the drug on his side.
Mulanje Police detectives rushed to the scene and carried the body to Mulanje District Hospital where death was established as due to taking the drug on an empty stomach resulting onto over dosage.
Durani hailed from Kangamkundi village in the area of Traditional Authority Nsamala in Balaka District.