The body of a doctor who died aged 25 may have laid undiscovered for three days before being found in a storeroom. Eduard Zigar's remains were discovered at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston, West Midlands, at about 10.25pm on Bank Holiday Monday.
The Lithuanian national had completed three shifts in general surgery after starting at the hospital the week prior to his death an inquest at Birmingham and Solihull Coroner's Court heard yesterday.
The agency doctor aimed to further his career in Birmingham but police were called to reports of a body being found on August 27, Birmingham Live reports.
Mr Zigar's father formally identified the body after the doctor's family had been informed.
A friend of the doctor said colleages at the hospital were 'absolutely stunned and shocked' by the 'really tragic' death.
'It's just so tragic because he had only recently started as a junior doctor and he seemed really happy and chatty,' they said. 'He even had a couple of days booked off coming up. He lived in Edgbaston and seemed happy there, and he had family in France he was in touch with who was looking forward to visiting.'
The friend said that Mr Zigar was hoping to make his way in the NHS and saw working at the hospital as 'a great opportunity'.
A statement from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that an agency locum doctor was found dead at the hospital on Monday August 27.
It said Mr Zigar had began work at the trust the week before and extended 'deepest sympathies' to his family and friends.
By Sebastian Murphy- Bates | MAILONLINE
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