11:02 p.m
Friday, March 17, 2023
Sohag – Ammar Abdel Wahed:
A young man committed suicide by consuming an insecticide, today, Friday, at his family’s home. Due to family disputes, in the facility in the south of Sohag Governorate, the body was transferred to the hospital morgue, and the Public Prosecution Office initiated investigations.
The warden of the Al-Manshah police station received a signal from the Central Hospital of the arrival of the so-called “Gaddafi.
By moving and examining, his father stated that while his aforementioned son was in the house, he took an insecticide, which resulted in his injury and death; Because he went through a bad psychological state; due to family disputes, and no one was accused of causing it.
A report was issued on the incident, and the Public Prosecution Office took over the investigations.
The state is working to provide support for mental patients through more than one hotline to help those who have psychological problems or desire to commit suicide, most notably the hotline of the General Secretariat for Mental Health, at the Ministry of Health and Population, to receive psychological inquiries and psychological support, and support those wishing to commit suicide, through a number 08008880700, 0220816831, all day long.
The National Council for Mental Health has also designated a hotline to receive psychological inquiries at 20818102.
And the Egyptian Dar Al Iftaa affirmed that suicide is a major sin and a crime against the soul and the law, and the person who commits suicide is not an infidel, and the guilt of this crime should not be minimized, as well as not finding justifications and creating a state of sympathy for this matter, but rather dealing with it as a mental illness that can be treated through specialists.
