Gov't must urgently deal with issues of suicide - Dr. Osei

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princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

A woman went to the emergency room with the tip of her left index finger blown off. “How did this happen?” the doctor asked. “Well I was trying to commit suicide,” the woman replied. “Trying to commit suicide by sho ...
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A woman went to the emergency room with the tip of her left index finger blown off. “How did this happen?” the doctor asked. “Well I was trying to commit suicide,” the woman replied. “Trying to commit suicide by shooting your finger?” “No silly! First I put the gun to my chest and I thought, ‘I just paid $6,000 for my breast,’ then I put it in my mouth and I thought, ‘I just paid $4,000 to get my teeth fixed.’ So then I put the gun in my ear and I thought, ‘this is going to make a loud noise,’ so I put my finger in my ear before I pulled the trigger.”
PDCMAN 10 years ago

Kofi Awoonor found ethnic tolerance as a threat and joined Rawlings to wage hate war against Akans and eapecailly Ashantis and tried to make every other tribe hate Ashanti and formed NDC and enshrined this hatred into its spi ...
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Kofi Awoonor found ethnic tolerance as a threat and joined Rawlings to wage hate war against Akans and eapecailly Ashantis and tried to make every other tribe hate Ashanti and formed NDC and enshrined this hatred into its spirit.
Today, Kofi Awoonor is killed by people who find religious and ethnic tolerance as a threat.
Is it coincidence or the law of cause and effect at work?
woodini 10 years ago

Please, this post did not say anything about Kofi Awoonor's death. It is about how we as a society or government find solutions to people committing suicide as a result of depression and other mental health related illness. I ...
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Please, this post did not say anything about Kofi Awoonor's death. It is about how we as a society or government find solutions to people committing suicide as a result of depression and other mental health related illness. I am an Akan but sometimes I feel ashamed of some your rhetoric chants about ethnicity.
E U JUDGE 10 years ago

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Abongo 10 years ago

Did you pass any exam at school at all, because you are deviating from topic to topic. Your comment has got nothing to do with the topic in discussion.

Did you pass any exam at school at all, because you are deviating from topic to topic. Your comment has got nothing to do with the topic in discussion.
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

ln acient time no suicide but modern
yes due to how you shape your life tobe.Smoking wee etc may be one of the
factors.

ln acient time no suicide but modern
yes due to how you shape your life tobe.Smoking wee etc may be one of the
factors.
Salifu 10 years ago

Why government and what structures. What are the psychiatrists and psychologists doing. Must government be called to do everything when people are paid to do their jobs. If governments can stop suicide why do we have suicide ...
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Why government and what structures. What are the psychiatrists and psychologists doing. Must government be called to do everything when people are paid to do their jobs. If governments can stop suicide why do we have suicide committed in the advanced countries even with the best social systems Chief Psychiatrist?
Akwasi 10 years ago

Read over what he said.

Read over what he said.
Salifu 10 years ago

Akwasi, tell me who is paid to offer the 'help' or at least recommend those help? I quote him; 'the issue must be considered seriously, else people, who genuinely require help, will continue to commit suicide' Who to consider ...
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Akwasi, tell me who is paid to offer the 'help' or at least recommend those help? I quote him; 'the issue must be considered seriously, else people, who genuinely require help, will continue to commit suicide' Who to consider and advice government or take action as a Psychiatrist?
Ojam 10 years ago

What must govt.do, any suggestions and ideas??? What structures are needed and how does one put these structures in place and where and how! It is not enough to warn or ask the govt. to do something , but what and how!! You a ...
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What must govt.do, any suggestions and ideas??? What structures are needed and how does one put these structures in place and where and how! It is not enough to warn or ask the govt. to do something , but what and how!! You are Ghana’s chief Psychiatrist and working in a PUBLIC (or STATE ) INSTITUTION WHAT ARE YOUR CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS???
Salifu 10 years ago

Thank you Ojam. Ghanaian public officials are noted for 'calling on government' when they have to bring out the ideas to government.

Thank you Ojam. Ghanaian public officials are noted for 'calling on government' when they have to bring out the ideas to government.
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Depression is a new sickness to the
youths,aimless,porverty.

Depression is a new sickness to the
youths,aimless,porverty.
A citizen. 10 years ago

Yes, the government needs to come in here because arresting someone who wanted to cimmnit suicde and dump that person in prison, you`re rather putting pressure on him or her. Rather, these people should be protected and given ...
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Yes, the government needs to come in here because arresting someone who wanted to cimmnit suicde and dump that person in prison, you`re rather putting pressure on him or her. Rather, these people should be protected and given the support they need to live a normal life. No normal human being would think of killing himself or herself. It only happens when someone is depressed and also is under pressure for one or two reasons.
CONCERN 10 years ago

You know something? Some of these people suicide must be from the WITCHES family, greediness, something they have done to someone, so mean Mahama should do something about WHAT? Carry them on his back? You crazy.

You know something? Some of these people suicide must be from the WITCHES family, greediness, something they have done to someone, so mean Mahama should do something about WHAT? Carry them on his back? You crazy.
NAKED SHALL WE GO 10 years ago

GHANAIANS SHOULD STOP MATERIALISTICS RUSH FOR WEALTH BY ALL MEANS AND START LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME..WE CAME NAKED AND NAKED SHALL WE GO

GHANAIANS SHOULD STOP MATERIALISTICS RUSH FOR WEALTH BY ALL MEANS AND START LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME..WE CAME NAKED AND NAKED SHALL WE GO
Dr 10 years ago

Call the Samaritans not Government

Call the Samaritans not Government
RIGHTMAN-USA 10 years ago

Investigate his past and current life and you to know why he did it.

Investigate his past and current life and you to know why he did it.
Nana 10 years ago

I really do not get it, with our so called doctors in Ghana both books and medicine. It lookes like most do not have common sense. Why do we have psychiatrists? to manage a program and for the government to fund the program. ...
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I really do not get it, with our so called doctors in Ghana both books and medicine. It lookes like most do not have common sense. Why do we have psychiatrists? to manage a program and for the government to fund the program. diagnose and give your report to the authorities.
Abongo 10 years ago

Why gorvenment? That lawyer may be under pressure from his own bad deeds.

Why gorvenment? That lawyer may be under pressure from his own bad deeds.
nicman@atl 10 years ago

that is what is happening family pressure for funerals and family property juju

that is what is happening family pressure for funerals and family property juju
KWAA 10 years ago

All Government cares about in this Country is, their own pockets not the people.
Like Doctor Kumbour said,in this Country we pay people to insult,rather than pay people to think.
One needs to read the postings here on Ghana ...
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All Government cares about in this Country is, their own pockets not the people.
Like Doctor Kumbour said,in this Country we pay people to insult,rather than pay people to think.
One needs to read the postings here on Ghanaweb,to know he is right.
We ar`n`t seen anything yet.
prince mahama kelly 10 years ago

Nana Addo smock wee more than anyone else but he did not commit suicide after the court rule against him. pls give us a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nana Addo smock wee more than anyone else but he did not commit suicide after the court rule against him. pls give us a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

Doc, where are your suggestion or the plan you got in mind. You think the security people should follow every Ghanaian to prevent from stress. You are above noise making Doc.

Doc, where are your suggestion or the plan you got in mind. You think the security people should follow every Ghanaian to prevent from stress. You are above noise making Doc.
KWAME, BELGIUM 10 years ago

I wish to ask this doctor what he expects the govt to do about suicide? This doctor sounds to me so strange because I believe that this sort of thing cannot be controlled by any government in the world.

I wish to ask this doctor what he expects the govt to do about suicide? This doctor sounds to me so strange because I believe that this sort of thing cannot be controlled by any government in the world.
VICKY LEE BENTON 10 years ago

WHY SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENE PEOPLE'S LIVES. AS WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD TEACH A CHILD SELF ESTEEM IN HIS OR HER UPRINGING SO THAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH ANY CRISIS THAT SOCIETY THROWS AT THEM.
CORRUPTION HAS FILLED O ...
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WHY SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENE PEOPLE'S LIVES. AS WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD TEACH A CHILD SELF ESTEEM IN HIS OR HER UPRINGING SO THAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH ANY CRISIS THAT SOCIETY THROWS AT THEM.
CORRUPTION HAS FILLED OUR DAILY LIVES IN GHANA THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK BEFORE THEY REACT AND THE CONSEQUENCES GETS SO UNBEARABLE THAT SUICIDE BECOMES THE ONLY SOLUTION.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE THERE TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY FROM ATTACKS BUT NOT TO SOLVE OUR INDIVIDUAL PROBLRMS.

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