March
15, 2014
Chief medical officer of 'Aligarh Muslim University' commits suicide
March 16, 2014
AIIMS nurse commits suicide in Delhi
These
news items are almost unnoticed amid the hullaballoo of General Elections.
Suicides by a doctor
and a nurse at the institutions of repute are like just any other incident.
But if we try to understand,
it may mean that the medical fraternity is also not immune to what we otherwise
presume:
That, the doctors and the
nurses can get better “treatment” if required.
Perhaps it may be true
only for the usual diseases, and may not be so for the depressed and suicidal…
Why?
The psychiatrists are
also there in a hospital. A nurse or a doctor can easily get their appointment if
needed.
Then how come suicide
still finds its takers among the healthcare professionals?
Do we need something
more than our usual apparatus of serving the patients?
Or the mindset of the society
that discriminates between the mental illness and other general illnesses is
not right?
Why can’t we talk
about our depression as openly as we talk about common cough and cold?
Why can’t we discuss
about our suicidal thoughts as easily as we can discuss about our kidney or
liver problems.
Absence of an emotional
healthcare system, integrated with the professional medical services, is
perhaps another reason.
That’s why many of us
silently suffer from our mental trauma – that may be chronic or acute.
Even, the family members
and the workplace colleagues remain ignorant of what a depressed or suicidal
person is going through…
...Are we?
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