Mangalore, Dec 21, 2012: She tried to kill herself twice while on holiday in Mangalore last Xmas. The tragic story of Jacintha Saldanha, who committed suicide in her nursing staff quarters in London on December 7, may have much deeper roots than just the humiliation she suffered at the hands of the two Australian Radio DJs two days earlier, on December 5. Eleven months before she ended her life, Jacintha had developed suicidal tendencies. She had attempted suicide twice, once on December 30, 2011, and the second time on January 8, 2012, while she was in Mangalore/Shirva on a visit to India for Christmas, according to credible information available with Deccan Herald. On the first occasion, she is believed to have been rushed to a private hospital in Mangalore for treatment after she attempted "self-harm" on December 30. It isn't clear if she had consumed some poisonous substance then. On the second occasion on January 8, however, she was rushed to the city-based Father Muller Medical College Hospital with head injuries following a "fall." The injury was also causing loss of consciousness for a few seconds at a time. The doctors attending to her diagnosed her with having a "depressive disorder" caused by a history of stress, though they did not have reliable information about the history. Her mood was one of "sadness," and she suffered from decreased sleep for more than 15 days, because of which she made "two attempts of deliberate self-harm." With her mental condition in ...

• published: 22 Dec 2012
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