A "popular and much-loved" student died by suicide after falling from a university building, an inquest has heard. Waleed Zahid, a medical student at Newcastle University, was training to become a doctor before he took his own life on April 21.
A recent inquest into the 23-year-old's death heard how the young man's body was found near the 55 Degrees North building on Swan House roundabout in Newcastle city centre. He sustained multiple traumatic injuries after the fall from the 11th floor.
Prior to his passing, Waleed had secured a placement as a newly qualified junior doctor in Birmingham, reports Chronicle Live. It was heard that he had previously been absent from uni and had requested to see one of their counsellors.
