Mangaluru: An elderly woman committed suicide at Jayshree Nursing Home located  in the city on Friday.

It is said that the woman, Susheela (67) was admitted to the nursing home for a wheezing problem on Thursday. The woman was given medicines on Thursday night; however, on Friday morning when the doctors went for rounds, they knocked on the door, but the woman did not respond. When they looked from the window, they saw the woman hanging from the ceiling.

The police was informed and the body was taken to Wenlock Hospital for the autopsy. A case stands registered.