- The woman who was attached to the St Marys Hospital was alone at the time of the incident on September 28, police said.
- It was also reported that she had earlier been rescued from another suicide attempt
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Detectives are investigating an incident in which a 31-year-old medical doctor died by suicide after taking poisoned alcohol.
Dr Esther Waceke Munyua’s body was found in her house in Langata long after she had died.
Besides her body lay empty cans of alcohol, some medicine and a suicide note that said “depression is real”.
The woman who was attached to the St Marys Hospital was alone at the time of the incident on September 28, police said.
It was also reported that she had earlier been rescued from another suicide attempt.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy exercise.
Incidents of suicide are on the rise in the country amid calls for action to address them.
In a separate incident, a body of a middle-aged man was found dangling from a tree at City Park in Nairobi county.
The deceased who had no identification documents was spotted by the public dangling from the tree with a rope around his neck.
Police say they receive at least two suicide incidents daily.
A junior officer died by suicide at their camp at the Anti-Stock Theft Unit in Eburu, Gilgil.
Constable John Wambua was found dead after he had shot himself in the chest on Wednesday, September 28 at about 2 pm.
Police said Wambua locked himself in his room and shot himself in the chest.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The colleagues heard a gunshot from the house and when they went to check, they found him lying in a pool of blood with the weapon next to him.
Witnesses said the team that responded there had to break into the house to access the scene as he had locked himself therein.
According to a report by Kenya’s Ministry of Health, one in every 10 Kenyans suffers from a mental disorder.
The 2020 Taskforce on Mental Health called for more funding for mental health facilities and recommended that mental illness should be declared a national emergency of epidemic proportions.
The government recently announced a new neuropsychiatric hospital and a centre of excellence that will become a national education and training hub to address the mental health challenges the country faces.
The major factor contributing to suicide and murder among police officers in Kenya is work-related trauma, research said.