Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b

Tonj Civil Hospital Closed Due To Low Salary Payment



South Sudan National Staff working in Tonj Civil Hospital quit work due to law salary payment.  The three hundred staffs cites also poor working condition is as one of the reason they decided to quit work.  

The State Director of Health Mr. John Akot Tong said that the government issued a circular to confirm the closure of the hospital. 

The Civil hospital has 470 staffs of which 92 are government employees and the rest are CCM employees. 
 
He explains that 470 health personnel were working in 36 facilities, but 92 staff are government employees and 378 are CCM employees.
 
CCM had no budget to pay for the 378 staffs and the government also confirmed that they had no money to pay for them as well leading to the closure of the hospital. 

He urges the people of tonj to be patient as the government is trying to solve the issue 

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