Hit hard by financial turmoil? Don't panic, say docs

CRISIS MANAGEMENT: One needs to challenge oneself and deal with the situation head-on, to cope with crisis.

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New Delhi: Rajendra Gupta, a businessman from Helimandi, Haryana committed suicide on Sunday, after losing Rs 80 lakh in the stock markets.

DCP South Gurgaon, Inder Singh Saini said that Gupta committed suicide using his wife's saree. "He wrote a note saying he had lost Rs 80 lakh and that his eyes should be donated," Saini added.

Rajendra's is not an isolated case. There have been several cases of suicides because of the financial turmoil in the past few months.

A rising death toll is perhaps the scariest aspect of today's financial turmoil, with people increasingly on the edge, scared that their entire life's savings might be wiped out in one go.

VIMHANS medical practitioner, Dr Jitender Nagpal says, "There is a large population of young executives who have invested money and there is an emerging sense of uncertainty, helplessness and a degree of anxiety."

This anxiety can build up and spill over, resulting in an extreme step to escape it all. If that's what you're picking up from friends or family, here's what you need to know.

Mumbai-based medical practitioner, Dr Harish Shetty says, "If a working person hides office issue from his family, comes home late, avoids office calls or applies for a weapons' license, then that is the time that you need to go to your friendly neighbourhood counsellor.

Also, one needs to challenge oneself and deal with the situation head-on, to cope with crisis.

(With inputs from Ginny Narula)