Exclusive:Romanian doctor on visit to Sheffield died from tragic drug overdose
He was only 32 years old
An inquest has ruled that a doctor who had travelled to the UK to visit family friends died due to a drug overdose.
Robert Dumitrelea was only 32 when he died, back in May 2025.
An inquest at Sheffield’s Medico Legal Centre on Wednesday, May 6, heard that the Romanian doctor was visiting Sheffield for a number of weeks while visiting family friends.
However, on Monday, March 12, 2025, Dr Dumitrelea failed to come down for food as he had done previous nights, prompting concern from the friend he was living with.
They went upstairs to check on him, and when Dr Dumitrelea failed to answer the door let themselves into his room, assistant coroner Rebecca Connell explained.
Tragically, he had passed away.
Police attended the scene and made some initial inquiries, speaking to friends and neighbours who had ‘not heard anything suspicious’.
“[They] attended the scene and looked around the scene and there were no concerns,” Ms Connell added.
A post mortem examination found a number of drugs in Dr Dumitrelea’s system, which were identified as the cause of death.
The inquest was told that Dr Dumitrelea would stay up late into the night on his computer, and during the day was known to go on walks in the neighbourhood.
The post mortem exam also identified that he had a black eye, but there were ‘no other injuries’.
“I find that Dr Robert Dumitrelea died on May 12, 2025, as a result of multiple drug toxicity,” Ms Connell concluded.
“If would like to offer my sincere condolences to the friends and family of Dr Dumitrelea.”