LAHORE – A young person ended their life on Monday by jumping off the fourth floor of the Beaconhouse National University (BNU). The reasons aren’t known but their social media history shows evidence of depression, melancholy, and need for help. Did they ask for help?
Her class fellows remember her as a vibrant and experimental student and rule out any sign of depression. But what to say about those who took out their mobile phones to record her fall, while laughing at her, minutes before she reached the top floor on Monday.
Apart from the apathy by the onlookers, a few of the bystanders sounded the alarm and informed the security guard. However, it was too late and the woman had already jumped to her death while everyone stood witness to her suicide.
The most appalling part of this tragic story was that the woman did not die immediately and kept on breathing after landing on the ground floor.
She was not immediately checked upon and, according to a host of students, the university staff picked her up after 15 good minutes. She was then rushed to Bahria Hospital where the poor girl was denied any kind treatment. Later, she was taken to General Hospital where she underwent an operation and then shifted to ventilator. But she did not survive and breathed her last at the LGH.
The girl’s family was also informed about her death. There is yet no word from the bereaved family.
No investigation has been launched by the police as it is purely “a case of suicide”, according to the university administration.
This suicide poses serious questions on the performance of BNU management, who did not tend to the girl right after the fall – let alone providing her any first aid.
Moreover, the behaviour of other students who ‘enjoyed’ watching her die put the humanity to shame.
The girl’s death could have been prevented if any one of them would have run to the 4th floor and tried to calm her down.
Sadly, like any other case, the girl’s death became a viral topic on the social media, where many expressed their heartfelt sympathy to the departed soul.
But, the question is that why compassion only arises when it has all been turned into dust.
