PATIALA – Unable to cope with the behaviour of their parents, mainly because of their father being alcoholic, the Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, has received many cases wherein teenagers have attempted to commit suicide in the past few months.
According to the physicians at the hospital, disturbed with the behaviour of their father, the teenagers are trying to end their life by making suicide attempts.
Senior doctors working in the hospital said though suicides or attempt to suicide on account of poor academic performance, poverty and unemployment are common, now the new trend of trying to end the life just because of the unacceptable behaviour of father on account of liquor addiction is “worrying”.
As per the figures, during the past five months, the Government Rajindra Hospital received 11 cases (age group 10-13 years) wherein the youth made suicide attempts. Talking to The Tribune, city-based paediatrician Dr Harshinder Kaur said from total 11 cases, seven boys and four girls resorted to the extreme step. “All these children were in the age group of 10 to 13 years.
Out of 11, seven were from the rural areas”, she said.
