Tributes pour in for nurse who committed suicide, colleagues hope to raise awareness of their plight

Tributes pour in for nurse who committed suicide, colleagues hope to raise awareness of their plight

The Independent - Singapore·2021-12-10 12:00

Singapore — Late on Wednesday night (Dec 8), nurses’ group @sgnightingales posted a photo of Ms Karunyah Paskaran.

Ms Paskaran has been identified as the nurse who committed suicide, as was recounted in an earlier report.

“When will ANYONE listen to us, when we say mental health is everything? I am speechless that one of our Malaysian nightingales have left us from battling her own struggles. This incident is indeed a bloody wake up call for everyone in the healthcare sector,” @sgnightingales in a Dec 6 post.

“We really need to take the cries of nurses seriously. This is the time for MOH to step up and improve working conditions and mental health for nurses. We cannot allow this to simply go on,” wrote which shared the post.

WakeUp Singapore,

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