How to treat madman Wu?

How to control the "crazy martial artist"? All parties are "preparing prescriptions"

A man stabbed his sister to death with a knife during a mental illness. He was recently sent to the hospital for treatment. There are more than 20,000 people in Nanning City. A mentally ill patient, many of whom cause trouble when they are ill

Recently, a "madman" stabbed his 15-year-old biological sister to death with a knife and was sent to the hospital for treatment. For "Crazy Wu", we "sorrow for his misfortune" and sympathize with him and his family. At the same time, we hope that society can control "Crazy Wu". Because such people are not criminally responsible for causing trouble.

The reporter learned from the Nanning Disabled Persons’ Federation that according to incomplete statistics, there are more than 20,000 mental patients in Nanning, and most of them are intermittent patients. During the onset of the disease, many patients have violent tendencies. However, it requires a lot of money to rescue and supervise "martial arts lunatics", which is a heavy burden for families with average economic conditions. So, can society establish a long-term rescue supervision mechanism? A few days ago, reporters conducted an investigative interview on this.

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Complaining

It’s very painful to have a mentally ill person in the family

“If there is a mental patient in the family, I owe a million in foreign debt. It’s still painful.” When talking about her son with schizophrenia, Ms. Liang from Qingxiu District, Nanning City felt like crying. Because when his son gets sick, he will beat his family members and neighbors like crazy and get into trouble. After repeatedly paying huge medical bills and compensation to the injured, Ms. Liang locked her son in the room, "like keeping an animal in captivity."

"Why not send him to the hospital?" the reporter asked. "No money." Ms. Liang bit her lips to suppress the pain in her heart. Yes, it costs 4,000 yuan a month to send her son to the hospital, which ordinary working-class families like Aunt Liang cannot afford.

Recently, Xu Zunian, deputy director of the Fifth People's Hospital of Nanning, told reporters: Last year, the hospital conducted 500 mental evaluations of suspects in criminal cases involving injuries, etc. for the judicial authorities, 80% of which were " Wu crazy person" does not need to bear criminal responsibility. Such data makes reporters tremble: rescuing and supervising "crazy martial artists" is not just a matter for their families. The issue of "crazy martial artists" should attract social attention.

Accident: A mentally ill brother stabbed his sister to death

In mid-September this year, a tragedy occurred in a private house near Wanli Community on Mingxiu Road, Nanning City: a man stabbed to death with a knife My 15-year-old sister! What kind of conflict could there be between brothers and sisters that would lead to a life-threatening conflict?

The Tang family where the crime occurred has five brothers and sisters, four sons and one daughter. The deceased was the youngest daughter among the five brothers and sisters, only 15 years old this year. The Tang family is a poor family struggling to make ends meet. Several boys in the family work hard with their father in a market in Nanning, carrying goods for others.

Among the children, the fourth has "something wrong with his head." When the fourth child was young, his family discovered that he was mentally disturbed and prone to violence. However, the family did not have the money to send him to the hospital for treatment. A few years ago, after the family's conditions improved, the fourth child was finally taken to the hospital by his father for treatment. After several months of treatment, although the fourth child's condition improved, it still went up and down. Seeing that the treatment effect was not obvious and they had no money to continue treatment, his family had no choice but to take him out of the hospital.

After being discharged from the hospital, the fourth child still went to the market to work with his father and brothers, but occasionally lost his temper and threw things. My family has become accustomed to this. On the day of the incident, the restless fourth child was kicking things at home. When he kicked the trash can next to the door, his 15-year-old sister couldn't stand it and scolded him: "You want to die, why are you kicking!" That trash can didn’t offend you!”

Unexpectedly, my sister’s “talkativeness” angered her brother. The fourth child suddenly became more irritable, rushed back into the house, picked up the fruit knife at home, and stabbed his sister in the chest so hard that the sister could no longer make a sound...

Voiceover : Shortly after the incident, Lao Si was detained by the police. After learning that the fourth child had a history of mental illness, the police sent him to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. The results showed that the fourth child was in the onset of illness at the time of the incident. Recently, the fourth child was sent to the hospital for treatment. "This is a tragedy!" the policeman from Xinyang Police Station sighed.

The second female "Crazy Wu" kicked and injured the policeman's lower body in the accident

At the Nanhuan Police Station, which is responsible for the Zhongshan Road Night Market area, there is a "joke" that is spread orally - "What kind of The police are all good, so it's best not to offend the 'Four King Kongs'." The "Four King Kong" in this joke are four mentally ill vagrants and beggars who have been active around Zhongshan Road in recent years. These four people were both male and female. In order to find food, they often caused trouble. Beating, smashing and cheating have become their usual tricks. Due to years of abnormal living, these people all suffer from mental illness to varying degrees, and they have all been forcibly sent to hospitals for treatment by civil affairs departments and other departments. But the cure didn't last long, and they came back again. The most ruthless "female King Kong" once kicked a policeman in the lower body.

Huang Xing is one of the "Four King Kongs". On weekdays, Huang Xing often fights with other homeless people in order to compete for food and territory. At night, Huang Xing made a living by picking up rags and leftovers from the night market in the Zhongshan Road area. He wandered around all day long, often clashing with nearby residents and passers-by. Huang Xing's deliberate provocation often triggered some public security cases and criminal cases. During the conflict, Huang Xing even said that he was going to kill someone! Some nearby residents are also very worried about this.

In September this year, after finding Huang Xing’s hometown, the police, with the cooperation of government departments, deported Huang Xing back to Hunan.

Voiceover: Huang Xing is not the only difficult person. Under the Yongjiang overpass, several other mentally ill beggars also made the police at the Nanhuan Police Station dumbfounded. During the day, these people slept soundly under the overpass, or went out to find food. At night, they found abandoned tables, chairs and benches to play cards. When they saw a stranger approaching, they cursed each other angrily and pretended to hit him.

Accident 3: The crazy son often beats his mother

A Hui, a 20-year-old man in Qingxiu District, stays at home all day long, but the neighbors near his home are very afraid of him. Ah Fai gets sick when he is stimulated. When he gets sick, Ah Fai often yells and once beat his mother with a motorcycle lock to a bloody head. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, Ah Fai would get up and push the door bolt upside down, and continue to beat his family members with the iron lock. Several times, enthusiasts called the police.

The police rushed to the scene and found that his family members had been beaten, so they educated Ah Hui. But Ah Fai would do it again soon. Although Ah Hui restrained his behavior in front of the police, soon after the police left, Ah Hui said that anyone who dared to interfere with his family's affairs would be beaten to death.

Arjun, who lived in the same community as Ah Fai, was found to have intermittent mental illness in 1985 and therefore stopped studying. The family sent Arjun to the Nanning Welfare Institute for treatment many times, but he did not get better. His family spent tens of thousands of yuan to treat Arjun's illness, and now they are completely destitute.

Ajun’s parents were worried about this. Whenever Ajun got sick, he would yell at his family members. As soon as evening came, he slipped out of the house without saying a word. One night, Arjun's sister got up to go to the bathroom and suddenly saw a flash of fire in Arjun's room. When she rushed into the room, she discovered that Arjun had used a lighter to light the quilt on the bed.

The thick smoke choked their noses, and Ajun’s family members woke up one after another. Everyone found buckets and worked hard to put out the flames on Arjun's bed, but Arjun smiled and said that it was cold and he was burning leaves to keep himself warm!

Voiceover: There are countless similar cases. "Why not send them to the hospital for treatment?" This is the most frequently asked question. But the answer from the patient's family members is the same - no money.

Problems

Spending money for treatment is like a bottomless pit

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The police from Xinyang Police Station told reporters that there are several people in their jurisdiction "Martial madmen" are intermittent mental disorders. These people cause trouble and hurt people from time to time. The neighbors of "Crazy Wu" had strong opinions on this. Every time someone is injured by a "crazy martial artist", the people will immediately call the police. After the police arrive at the scene, it is generally difficult to immediately control the emotional "crazy martial artist". Even if they are controlled quickly, it is still education, or they can be released after 24 hours. Because this type of crazy martial artist has family members or guardians, according to regulations, his family members should send him to the hospital for treatment.

But the reality is that many families have no choice but to isolate "wu lunatics" because of financial constraints. The quarantined "Martial Maniacs" yelled or threw objects from windows and hit passers-by. It's a nightmare for neighbors. The police are also very worried about this. Because due to various reasons, our country has not yet been able to provide full assistance to ordinary mental patients, and their families are usually responsible.

The reporter learned that according to the current security and rescue policy, homeless and begging acute mental patients and urban "three noes" mental patients can be taken to rescue stations and designated hospitals for treatment. The cost of treatment is based on the central and autonomous region regulations. Relevant regulations are resolved. However, this group of people often ran out not long after being sent to the welfare hospital.

In Guangxi, a year of hospitalization for an average mental patient costs at least 40,000 yuan. Even if you take the medicine at home, it will cost more than 10,000 yuan. This is really a heavy burden for many families.

However, at present, there is no special rescue mechanism for mentally ill patients in our country, nor is there any specialized charity organization. According to the policy, homeless and begging acute mental patients and urban "three noes" mentally ill patients can be transferred to the civil affairs department and city-designated hospitals for treatment, while others are under the supervision of guardians. If their family is in difficulty, they can apply to the Disabled Persons' Federation department for a monthly subsidy of 20 yuan per person.

In recent years, the country has been implementing the “686 Project” for centrally subsidized local management and treatment of severe mental illness. At first, only Xingning District in Nanning and Liujiang County in Liuzhou were pilot projects in Guangxi. This year, it was expanded to include Wuzhou and Guilin. This project mainly provides treatment subsidies for mentally ill patients who have committed trouble-causing behaviors. Each person can receive a subsidy of about 2,000 yuan. But for this huge community of mentally ill people, this is just a drop in the bucket.

Nanning Fifth People’s Hospital is the largest mental illness and psychological science hospital in Guangxi. Xu Zunian, deputy director of the hospital, told reporters that it takes at least three months to cure mental illness, and a month of hospitalization costs 4,000 yuan. Many people with mental illness are discharged from the hospital within three months or even one month after being hospitalized. "The main reason is because there is no money." Xu Zunian said that most of the "martial arts lunatics" suffer from schizophrenia, and their ages are concentrated between teenagers and 35 years old. The parents of this group of people are elderly and it is difficult to take care of the patients. You can't go out to make money. According to the reporter's understanding, at the Fifth People's Hospital of Nanning City, the treatment costs for the vast majority of mental patients are paid by their families out of their own pockets.

The way out

Specialized nursing institutions need to be established

Section Chief Zhang of the Rehabilitation Department of the Nanning Disabled Persons’ Federation told reporters: According to incomplete statistics, there are There are more than 20,000 mental patients, most of whom are intermittent patients. During the onset of the disease, many patients have violent tendencies. Objectively speaking, the cost of treating mental patients can be described as a bottomless pit, because the cure rate is low, and most patients can only be controlled by taking regular medication after recovering from the hospital.

Chief Zhang said that these patients have brought a great burden to their families and society. If we want to fundamentally solve the problem of providing support, treatment, and assistance to this group of people, the most effective solution is to establish a public welfare care institution funded by the government, which can reduce the pressure on their families. Mental patients can be treated here, entertained, and can do simple crafts. The reporter learned from Section Chief Zhang that the Nanning Disabled Persons' Federation is preparing a written material containing the above suggestions to be submitted to the government.

Section Chief Zhang said that it requires a lot of investment to build such a care institution. Take the current subsidies provided by the Nanning Disabled Persons' Federation to mentally ill patients as an example: last year, the coverage rate of subsidies allocated by the Nanning Disabled Persons' Federation could only reach 10%, but the amount was nearly 1 million yuan. If coverage is increased, more money will be spent. To build a nursing home, it will cost tens of millions of yuan to acquire land, build houses, supporting facilities, food, etc., and this does not include various expenses for future management.

It is reported that the Nanning Municipal Health Bureau is also recommending to the government that on the basis of the existing rescue policies, we should further broaden and smooth the rescue channels, improve the rescue policies, and include such patients as much as possible within the coverage of the local government. , forming a long-term mechanism.

“I hope that the nursing home will be built as soon as possible, and that there will be fewer and fewer cases of mentally ill patients violently harming their family members or innocent people.” This is the expectation of a family member of a mentally ill patient.