Hospital suicide due to non-treatment by healthcare staff fearing COVID-19 infection in Bangladesh?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to individuals fearing COVID-19 infection alongside conditions such anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress. For a small minority, such mental health factors can contribute to suicide. Here we report a novel reason for suicide and seemingly COVID-19-related - negligence in getting treatment by Bangladeshi healthcare providers. It was alleged that a woman committed suicide at a hospital because she was not treated and because doctors and nurses suspected she was infected with COVID-19 and did not want to get infected themselves. To help allay the fears among HCPs and the patients they are treating with COVID-19, a number of initiatives are suggested.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Asian journal of psychiatry - 54(2020) vom: 04. Dez., Seite 102295

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mamun, Mohammed A [VerfasserIn]
Bodrud-Doza, Md [VerfasserIn]
Griffiths, Mark D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 fear
COVID-19 suicide
COVID-19 treatment issues
Case Reports
Healthcare professionals
Letter
Treatment negligence

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Date Completed 14.12.2020

Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102295

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31258623X