California Doctor Says ‘Unprecedented’ Number Of Suicides Are Outpacing Coronavirus Deaths

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Marlo Safi
Culture Reporter
May 22, 2020 10:14 AM ET

Doctors at a California hospital are reporting more deaths by suicide than coronavirus during the stay-at-home orders, and one doctor is calling the influx of suicide deaths “unprecedented,” according to ABC 7.

John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, in the East Bay region of San Francisco Bay Area, has seen a “year’s worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks,” the head of the trauma department, Dr. Mike deBoisblanc told ABC 7.

“We’ve never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time,” he said.

Mental health is suffering so much during the stay-at-home period implemented due to coronavirus that he’s calling for an end to the orders.

“Personally I think it’s time,” said Dr. Mike deBoisblanc. “I think, originally, this (the shelter-in-place order) was put in place to flatten the curve and to make sure hospitals have the resources to take care of COVID patients.We have the current resources to do that and our other community health is suffering.”

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/22/john-muir-medical-center-california-hospital-doctor-end-coronavirus-stay-at-home-order-suicides/