A Guyanese woman who had travelled to India for medical treatment was found unconscious in a hotel room at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport yesterday and was later pronounced dead at a private hospital.
The deceased has been identified as Racquel Olivia Chandni Seecharran, who had been employed as an accountant with Hughes, Fields & Stoby (HFS) for more than 20 years.
Seecharran had been experiencing health challenges and had travelled overseas for medical care.
According to The Hindu, Seecharran arrived at Kempegowda International Airport from London on a Virgin Atlantic flight at around 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15. She was scheduled to travel onward to Mangaluru on an IndiGo flight at 2:35 p.m. on Wednesday.
At around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, as her scheduled checkout time from the airport’s Transit/Day Hotel approached, a receptionist attempted to contact Seecharran by telephone but received no response.
Hotel staff subsequently went to her room in the arrival city-side area of Terminal 2, where she was found lying unconscious.
The airport medical team was called to the room and provided medical assistance before Seecharran was transported by ambulance to a nearby private hospital.
At approximately 12:22 p.m., an attending doctor examined her and conducted an ECG. With no pulse detected, she was declared dead at approximately 1:08 p.m.
The incident was subsequently reported to local police, who are conducting the medical and legal formalities and further inquiries.
The circumstances surrounding Seecharran’s death have not yet been established.
At HFS, where she spent more than two decades of her professional life, Seecharran was remembered as a long-standing member of the firm’s staff.
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