VietNamNet Bridge - "I’ve never seen patients with
psychiatric disorders and mental illness due to business as much as this
year," said doctor Le Hieu, from the Cho Quan Mental Hospital in Ho Chi
Minh City.
Dr. Hieu said every day he
examined about 40 patients, with up to eight of them having the cause of
diseases being related to money and business.
Doctors Chu Thi Dung, also from
the hospital, said she had just examined Ms. Tran Thi H, 52, from Da Lat City.
Ms. H said she ran a detergent
enterprise. This year business was very difficult and she owed a lot. H. owed
workers’ wages for up to three months while the supplier of raw materials
demanded money continuously.
"I’ve not slept for almost a
month. To solve everything smoothly, I have to have VND20 billion ($1 million).
I’ve mortgaged all properties and my house. For the last 6 months, every month
I lost VND300 million ($15,000),” H said.
“Sometimes when I was so tired, I
fell asleep. I dreamed people were flocking to my house to collect debts. I was
scared and woke up. In just one month I lost 5 kg. My husband and children
recommended me to go to HCM City to see mental doctors," she said.
Dr. Le Hieu also met a man who
committed suicide due to debt. The
patient is Mr. Nguyen Duc T., 45, from in District 6, HCM City.
T. was a tricycle driver. Police
seized his vehicle, so he became jobless. The man was flooded in debt, totaling
more than VND200 million ($10,000), a huge amount for a manual laborer like
him.
Being worried of having no job
while lenders went to his home each day, T. intended to end his life by
committing suicide. Thankfully, T’s suicidal intent failed because his wife and
children discovered the plan and took him to the mental hospital for
examination.
At the hospital, T. said he was always
tired and asleep. He used an herbal drink but the situation did not improve.
Most people doing small business
go to a hospital for mental examinations. Big bosses usually choose private
clinics.
That is the case of Ms. Tran Thi
M., 50, from Dong Nai province. M and her husband owned two furniture
companies. Her husband's company is specialized in imports, while H’s firm is
in charge of domestic goods.
Looking at the property of M and
her husband, everyone has to admire because the couple has a network of
showrooms in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, to make Da Lat, Nha Trang and Da Nang.
M’s company created jobs for hundreds of workers.
Not long ago, M. saw a doctor in
Ho Chi Minh City for advice about mental disorders.
Listening to M’s story, the doctor
sweated: "I’m very worried, doctor! Just in a few months, my hair turned
to white. For the last two years, every month I lost VND1 billion ($50,000),” M
said.
“Properties, real estates, and
cars have been mortgaged to borrow bank loans. Previously, banks gave me VND60
billion ($3 million) based on my assets, but now the real estate market
downturns and the assets were re-revalued, I could borrow half of that.”
“I borrowed my friends VND30
billion to repay the VND60 billion in short to continue the company’s
operation. Only paying interest to the bank and my friends each month is enough
to make me ... dizzy. We can lose our 30-year career any time. Our children’s
study in the US will be halted."
In front of the doctor was a
woman dressed luxuriously, wearing diamond jewelry but the eye makeup could not
hide the deep dark circles.
M’s husband said his wife was in
real panic. M. was deeply stressed that she could not eat or sleep. She could
not run her business due to loss of concentration.
All the symptoms of the patients
mentioned above are referred to anxiety disorders.
Doctor Le Hieu warned that if
they are not treated and taken care of by their families, these patients have a
very high risk of committing suicide.
Thanh Huyen
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