Prevention of Suicide is Everybody's Business
We are losing approximate one million human lives a year worldwide due
to suicidal deaths. It is not only the case of death and births
subject, which keeps statistics of human counts. Today is September10,
an international suicide prevention day . International Association for
Suicide Prevention (IASP) a world health organization's help group is
seriously working on this subject. Now days we are passing through
commercialization/Industrialization/capitalist regime, western
countries has experienced it much earlier then us. They are facing bio
products of this so called revolution as suicidal syndrome in these
societies. Developed nations has high suicidal death rate than those
developing nations which are passing through
commercialization/Industrialization but rate are on rising side for
developing nations if not minded will lead towards infinity.
As our Indian society is going through these conditions most affected
are those urban areas where commercialization/Industrialization has
taken place. Cut throat competitions in every sphere of life lead to
mental pressure on these citizens. When our mind could not able to cope
up with these men made pressures resulted into a suicide. It is not
merely a criminal physical action but result of mental malfunction,
which comes into health domain. It should be treated as well
established man made disease like HIV/AIDS. Today its occurrence is
approximate one million worldwide but it is still more lives lost than
• In all wars and homicides worldwide every year.
• Three times the catastrophic loss of human lives in the tragic Tsunami disaster.
. One suicide represents
• A lost life, lost talents, lost creativity, lost contribution made to society.
• A lost son or daughter, a lost father or mother, a lost friend or colleague.
• A wound that does not easily heal in those who left behind.
The health administrators in developing nations are not giving
attention on this especially in country like India and china are in
transformation era of commercialization /Industrialization/capitalist
regime in check list. As in case of HIV/AIDS origin was in western part
of globe (developed nations). It remained confined till it was in this
part of world. When it reached in Asia the population basket of world
it becomes manifold in its number in few years. Similar to this
suicidal syndrome which is resultant of
commercialization/Industrialization/capitalist regime, western
countries has experienced it much earlier then us. It is now time to
keep check on this syndrome otherwise HIV/AIDS type threat to human
races is in waiting in coming year in our part of world.
Last not least is national level initiatives to fight against suicidal
syndrome at medical and social fronts should be included in national
health programme.
Why prevention of suicide is everybody business?
Answer to this is of English poet John Donne
“ No man is an island, entire of itself…..any man's death diminish me,
because I am involve in mankind; and therefore never send to whom the
bell toll; it toll for thee”.
Dinesh Singh Rawat
Special correspondent
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