New Delhi, June 16 -- A 24-year-old student from West Bengal has become the first person to die of severe heat-related illness at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital this summer, according to hospital officials.

The student, who was admitted in critical condition after falling ill while travelling on a train, died on May 25 after suffering multiple organ failure, hospital officials said. While RML has recorded the death as being caused by heatstroke, official confirmation from the Delhi health department is still awaited.

The patient was brought unconscious to the hospital's emergency department on the intervening night of May 20 and 21, hospital officials said.

"The male student was brought to the hospital at around 1.45 am on Th...