World Suicide Prevention Day observed
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, September 24 2022:
The District Mental Health Programme of District Health Society observed 20th World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday at Thoubal Wangkhem community hall.
Yairipok Community Health Centre officer-in-charge Dr Laitonjam Robinson Singh, Thoubal District Health Society programme manager Ch Basanta Singh and District Mental Health Programme coordinator M Chandrakumar Singh attended the inaugural programme as presidium members.
Wangkhem Health and Wellness Centre health officer L Kunjeshwori Devi explained about the importance of observance of the day while CHC, Yairipok MO in-charge Dr L Robinson Singh spoke on this year's theme, "Create hope through action".
He further informed that as per the WHO report, around 8,00,000 people (85 percent) in different countries die of suicide out of depression.
Suicide prevention cannot be done only by doctors, it should be done at the community level too, he stressed.