A SUSPECTED SUICIDE HAS LEFT A HOSPITAL ATTENDANT DEAD IN UMOJA.
According to the police, after notifying his relatives, they went to check on him on February 20 and discovered his body hanging on the bathroom frame with an electric cable wrapped around his neck.
Following an apparent suicide, a hospital worker at Nairobi's Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital was discovered dead in his Umoja Three neighborhood home.
A day after failing to show up for work, 34-year-old patient attendant Peter Maina Ngima was discovered dead.
On Monday, February 19, he failed to report for duty and his cell phone was unreachable.
According to the police, after notifying his relatives, they went to check on him on February 20 and discovered his body hanging on the bathroom frame with an electric cable wrapped around his neck.
The body was taken to the mortuary and the security guards came to conduct the autopsy.
Julius Ndolo Mbuthe, 66, committed suicide in his home's bedroom by hanging himself with a sisal rope in Kasinga sublocation, Machakos County.
Additionally, a suicide note stating that he killed himself because of his troubles was found, according to authorities.
After the autopsy, the body was taken to the mortuary.
Kilome, a 17-year-old kid from Kakui village, committed suicide by hanging himself with a manila rope.
His lifeless form was discovered dangling from a tree branch.
A suicide note that listed the minor's multiple reasons for taking her own life was found.
None of the note's specifics were made public. When the postmortem was scheduled, the body was taken to the mortuary of the Kilungu sub-county hospital.
There are calls to address the rising number of suicide cases in various sections of the country.
Addressing the issue is a priority for the government and other entities.
Based on trends, men are the victims in most cases.
In 2019 and 2020, police processed 499 and 575 cases, respectively. It's been reported that between January and July of 2021, at least 313 people killed themselves.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), factors that contribute to these cases include unemployment, relationship breakdowns or deaths, pressures or failures in school, legal issues, financial hardships, bullying, past suicide attempts, a family history of suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse, depression, and bipolar disorder.
Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide each year worldwide, with low- and middle-income nations accounting for 78 percent of cases.
According to a task force on mental health, Kenya has a high rate of mental illness as a result of poor health, psychosocial disabilities, early death, and significant inequalities in access to care.
The researchers discovered that poor mental health and well-being are undervalued in Kenya since most people there identify mental health and mental illness with stigmatizing stories.
As part of their recommendation to make mental health a top priority on the socioeconomic and public health agendas, the committee also suggested that mental illness be classified as an epidemic.
It advised providing sufficient funding for mental health by global best practices.
Among patients receiving regular outpatient services, the percentage rises to one in four individuals.
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