Australia - Alcohol related self-harm is so extreme in Western Australia's Fitzroy Valley that an indigenous man in his 20s tried to hang himself after being refused a can of beer, a nurse told an inquest on Wednesday.
When Philip Moke, 52, began work as a mental health nurse in the West Kimberley region 10 years ago he was told there had been no indigenous suicides in their area in 1997.
In 1998, there were three in the first three months of the year.
"It escalated from there," Mr Moke told West Australian Coroner Alastair Hope who is probing indigenous alcohol and cannabis related deaths in Fitzroy Crossing. Full Story - All About Beer Magazine - Seneca Cigarettes - Things Remembered
When Philip Moke, 52, began work as a mental health nurse in the West Kimberley region 10 years ago he was told there had been no indigenous suicides in their area in 1997.
In 1998, there were three in the first three months of the year.
"It escalated from there," Mr Moke told West Australian Coroner Alastair Hope who is probing indigenous alcohol and cannabis related deaths in Fitzroy Crossing. Full Story - All About Beer Magazine - Seneca Cigarettes - Things Remembered
