El Paso, Texas, February 9, 2026: The family of Vaibhav Duggal, a third-year medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC) who died by suicide in July 2025, has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $30 million in damages, alleging that the university’s handling of a patient complaint against him was careless, unfair, and caused him severe emotional distress.
“While nothing can bring our son back, we are determined to turn our pain into purpose — to ensure that no other student or family ever suffers as we have,” Vivek Duggal, Vaibhav’s father, told NRI Pulse.
The lawsuit, filed in the El Paso County District Court, names TTUHSC and several administrators. It accuses the university of gross negligence, wrongful death, and denial of due process, arguing that the school failed in its duty of care during a high-stakes disciplinary process…