Health Ministry developing national suicide registry
The Health Ministry is developing the National Suicide and Fatal Injury Registry Malaysia (NSFIRM) which is expected to be ready in 2023, the Dewan Negara was told today.
Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the ministry was in the midst of detailing the work process as well as developing applications for the system which would involve all public hospitals nationwide...
The Health Ministry is developing the National Suicide and Fatal Injury Registry Malaysia which is expected to be ready in 2023, the Dewan Negara was told today.
Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the ministry was in the midst of detailing the work process as well as developing applications for the system which would involve all public hospitals nationwide.
“The registry has been listed under the 12th Malaysian Plan (12MP) with an allocation of RM4 million to develop the system.
“The system will enable the development of detailed and accurate statistics on suicides and fatal injuries to strengthen policy development efforts and suicide prevention programmes.”
Azmi (above) said this in reply to a question from Senator Fadhlina Sidek on the status and government’s consideration of the re-implementation of the national suicide registry to enable the public to have access to information on suicide cases.
Other data sources
While waiting for the system to be ready, he said that the ministry would use data obtained from other sources such as the police and Malaysian Social Institute to look at the suicide cases and fatal injuries in the country.
“These data will show how suicides occur in the country. From January to March, a total of 336 suicide cases were recorded compared to 112 in the same period last year, showing a 67 percent surge. The cases involved individuals in the productive age group of 19 to 40.
“From the data, the ministry will see how we want to study this issue, and that is why we are working at creating the suicide and fatal injury registry.
"The ministry is very serious about this,” he said to the supplementary question from Fadhlina on the ministry’s intervention mechanism while waiting for the registry to be ready.
- Bernama
If you are feeling depressed or suicidal, or know someone who is, please call the following hotlines:
Talian Kasih
Hotline: 15999
The Befrienders
Hotline: 03-76272929
Agape Counselling Centre Malaysia
Hotline: 03-77855955 or 03-77810800
Life Line Association Malaysia
Hotline: 03-42657995
The Health Ministry and Mercy Malaysia have also set up a psycho-social support line for frontline workers and others who are emotionally affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.
The line can be reached at 011-63996482, 011-63994236 or 03-9359935, from 8am to 5pm.
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