Hospital launches anti-suicide project
January 14th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Ghaziabad, Jan 14 (IANS) A hospital here Saturday launched a Suicide Prevention Programme to provide much needed intervention to those in need.
Senior Superintendent of Police Raghubir Lal launched the programme at the Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital.
“Besides catering to patients and their families, we will generate awareness in the community,” said Anandi Lal, a doctor.
According to the National Crime Record Bureau report for 2010, more than one lakh lives are lost every year in India due to suicides.
Fifteen suicides take place every hour. The number of suicides in India in the last decade recorded an increase of 23.9 percent.
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