KOTA KINABALU: A comprehensive approach is being undertaken to prevent suicide amid an increasing number of such cases over the past four years,Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said Sunday.
He said the number of suicide cases had been steadily increasing from 113 in 2007, 290 (2008), 328 (2009) and 425 in 2010 bringing a total of 1,156 over that period.
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