Madhya Pradesh is going to bring the country's first suicide prevention policy. For the formulation of this policy, the Medical Education Department has constituted a committee. According to the data of National Crime Records Bureau, the number of suicides has increased in 2020 as compared to 2019.
Giving information about the suicide prevention policy, Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said that the government has started work in this direction by taking serious note of the suggestion letter given by psychiatrist Dr Satyakant Trivedi. Eminent psychiatrists, legal experts, sociologists have been included in this committee. Our target is to implement this policy in the state in the next 2 to 3 months. Minister Sarang said that if the policy is implemented, the state will become the first state in the country to implement suicide prevention policy.
Minister Sarang, citing a research, said that with one incident of suicide, there are 200 people who are thinking about it and 15 people have attempted it. From these figures we can understand how many deaths can be prevented with some efforts and policies. Suicide is a cause of death that is 100% preventable.
The committee will analyse all the reasons behind the suicide like economic, social, psychological, after studying every component, the policy will be implemented accordingly.
It has been found that there has been a significant increase in mental diseases after the Covid epidemic. During this time people became victims of depression due to illness and economic crisis.
The government will start a public awareness campaign. So that people can take help for this on time. In this, the Prime Minister's resolve to increase the quality of life (QOL) of the people will be embodied.
The national Crime Records Bureau has made a shocking disclosure. The number of suicides in the country has increased in 2020 as compared to 2019. According to the data released by the NCRB, 153,052 people committed suicide in the country in 2020, after which the suicide rate per lakh population increased from 10.4 to 11.3 as compared to 2019. According to government data, 418 people committed suicide daily in the country in 2020. In Madhya Pradesh, 14,578 people committed suicide in 2020.
