Ahmedabad: On Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 people ended their lives at Ahmedabad.
While seven died of suicide on Tuesday, three suicide on Wednesday.
In South Bopal, a man who in financial trouble consumes poisons.
To find out the death of his son, his father hung himself.
While 2020 was the ‘pandemic year’ for India and Gujarat, 2021 experts as years of despair ‘.
The state, including Gujarat, saw the peak of pandemic, the large population also began to experience long-term effects of Covid-19 in areas ranging from interpersonal relations with financial stability.
This has been translated into a higher number of suicides, revealing statistics by city police.
According to numbers, the city recorded suicide from 542 people between January and August in 2020.
In the same period, 687 people ended their lives this year.
To place a figure in perspective, 763 suicide was recorded in 2019, while the figure was 808 in 2020.
This means that at the average, 3 (2.8) people die of suicide every day in the city.
Analysis of figures revealed that the increase in male suicide was 34% compared to 10% of women’s suicide.
The overall increase was around 30%, said senior city police officials.
It is not just a police number that reflects this increase.
The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency figures revealed that from January to August this year, they recorded the deaths of 106 people and saved 24 people.
In comparison, they recorded the deaths of 113 people and rescue 29 in 2020.
This raises the question: what encourages residents to the edge of the cliff? Dr.
Ajay Chauhan, a hospital medical supervisor for mental health (HMH), said that four of every 10 people in OPSD this year complained of depression and stress.
“Many of these patients claim to have suicidal thinking.
Because this year’s theme states, the need for hours creates expectations through action.
We need to reach these people who need to identify signs early and convince them that they can talk about their problems And that there are other ways to deal with it, “said Dr.
Chauhan.
Pravin Valera, Coordinator of Helpline Jeevan Aastha, said that compared with 14,000 calls between January and August last year, this year’s calculation has reached 19,000 – up around 36%.
“The call pattern also changed.
Last year, we recommend that many calls from students who are worried about their studies and future.
But this year, most of the calls are about monetary problems, loss of work, loss of loved ones and depression caused by Interpersonal relationship, “Valera said.
“Today’s message never loses hope and finds a brighter side.”
Ahmedabad recorded a 30% surge in suicide compared to 2020
