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| Photo by Fernando @dearferdo on Unsplash |
A 35 Years old man is brought to the ER
not in an ambulance but an auto-rickshaw,
It was a suicidal attempt
trying to intoxicate himself with a rodenticide,
The family arrives and consults but
slams the diagnosis, says the son is not crazy,
Severe depressive episode and its somatic pain
the long conversation but the outcome was nil,
Nothing changed and nothing done, the referral was denied
with no option left, the physician had to discharge him after the acute threats,
Not enough support from the family and no fresh air
left inside a room to avoid the interaction with the community,
Without the needed multimodal treatment and just opposite measures in the room
the suicidal attempt re-happened,
This time it was too late, the family found
and the innocent man had a preventable death.
Initially Published: https://medium.com/invisible-illness/mental-health-in-eastern-countries-9bb39d45ff16
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