Extreme Stress From Treating Covid-19 Patients Pushes Nurse To Commit Suicide In Ahmedabad

Amid growing concerns of health workers dealing with severe stress and burn out while managing the deadly COVID-19 infection, nurse working in Ahmedabad civil hospital allegedly committed suicide on Monday by jumping off the 10th floor flat of her parents in New Maninagar locality.

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Her father, who lives on the 10th floor of Karnavati Rivera flats, has said the 28-year-old was mentally disturbed for the past two to three days, PTI cited an official as saying.

"She was married and living with her husband in CTM area, But she had come back to her parents' place some days ago and was mentally disturbed. A probe is on to find out why she took the extreme step,"the official added as per PTI.

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According to the police, a few days ago, the nurse had come back to her father¡¯s house. He father told the police that she seemed to be mentally disturbed for the last two to three days. The investigating officials are probing the case to find out why the nurse took the extreme step, according to PTI.

There have been rising cases of health workers suffering mentally and physically while being on the frontlines of war against covid.

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Despite remaining the crisis management personnel, the health care workers are not themselves immune to the psychological consequences due to COVID-19. Among the healthcare workers also, the front-line workers involved directly in handling these patients are at greater risk than others.

The reasons for such adverse psychological outcomes in them range from excessive workload/work hours, inadequate personal protective equipment and feeling inadequately supported.