Stay strong: Dr Wong (centre) with the organising committee members of the suicide awareness event.
SIBU: It is estimated that about seven suicides occur every day in Malaysia, amounting to more than 2,500 deaths per year in the country.
In 2012, the Malaysian National Suicide Registry recorded 1.3 deaths by suicide for every 100,000 people.
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