She was told by the doctor to come to the clinic to collect
her medication and for an injection, after seeing the doctor in the hospital.
When she got here she looked like she was on the phone, but nobody heard her talking at all. Staff told her to come in to the
treatment room. She gave no response, made no eye contact – as if she was so
concentrate on a spot in the air. Then she walked towards the door, went out,
and stood by the stairs. She looked down to the lower floors. A colleague said,
“she isn’t going to jump down is she?” I was going to say “Is she looking for
someone downstairs?” but before I even completed the sentence, her feet were
already in the air, hanging her body on the rail. we all ran out. She didn’t do
it fast as her left hand was still holding the stairs handle/rail. So one of
the colleagues managed to grab her legs, another her arm.
She was brought in. She continued to say that she wanted to
leave, and of course she wasn’t allowed. It took some time till she was
injected and given stat dose. The doctor came from the hospital to see her.
It appeared to be something related to drugs, she seemed to
be taking illicit drugs, and according to her, she will be charged for
distributing drugs (or bringing drugs in from another country). She said she
was innocent.
She calmed down later as the stat dose kicked in. Family
member was contacted to bring her home. I’m not sure how she is right now, I
hope people will all stay away from illicit drugs.
If it was one of our busy days we wouldn’t have noticed and
managed to stop this. Though we doubt if she really wanted to commit suicide,
or she really just needed some attention and help maybe. Because of how the
stair is designed, it wouldn’t be possible for anyone to jump down straight from
4th to ground floor (other than a small baby). She could only fall to the third floor, though her head would have landed on the stair case below. I’m sure she was aware. So attention seeking
through a suicidal behaviour?
Sometimes when it comes to mental illness (and I guess many
chronic physical illnesses), family members get fed up and lose their patience
after a period of time, due to the time, money and attention needed to care
about the patient, but also the stigma that come with it. But without any
support from close family and friends, it’s almost impossible for someone to
completely recover from mental illness…
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