Calls to suicide helpline show Thais' stress in downturn

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In the weeks before she took her own life, Thai waitress Nitiwadee Sae-Tia felt growing financial pressure after she lost her job, a member of the family said.

Rescue workers carry the body bag of Nitiwadee Sae-Tia, 50, who took her own life after losing her job during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

“When I opened the door, I was shocked,” said Praphai Yodpradit. She said Nitiwadee, 50, had grown increasingly stressed and withdrawn after losing her job. The financial struggle of many Thais during the lockdown was also highlighted in widespread media coverage of 59-year-old Unyakarn Booprasert, who tried to take her own life in April outside Thailand’s finance ministry building.

In the first fourth months of this year, Thailand has recorded an average of 350 suicides per month, down on the monthly average of 368 last year.

 

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