After Kantipur's 'Household Expenses' column published an article about the suffering of the Mijari couple, supporters began rescue efforts.
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Pushpa Mijari of Jayaprithi Municipality-10, Chainpur, who had lost her mental balance, has been rescued. She, who had been suffering from mental problems for years, was rescued through the efforts of the One-Stop Crisis Management Center (OCMC) at District Hospital Bajhang.
The treatment was possible after the Mental Health and Counseling Center Nepal (CMC) provided financial support for Mizari's treatment. He was taken to Dhangadhi on Saturday and after a few days of treatment there, he will be treated at the National Mental Health Self-Reliance Organization (KOSIS), an organization in Kathmandu that treats and rehabilitates people with mental problems, said Bhuwan Bahadur Singh, a psychologist at OCMC.
The pain of 70-year-old Madhan Mizari of Chainpur and his wife Suna Mizari, who are struggling to make ends meet after their son and daughter develop mental problems, was published in the household expenses column of Kantipur on October 23. The article about him was published under the title 'It is better to die than to live in old age, we have to run away with our own children'.
She said that her 30-year-old daughter Pushpa and 23-year-old son Kuber have mental problems and are wandering around aimlessly, beating their parents and brother, and stealing, looting and vandalizing shops in the market. After the news came out that the elderly couple had been severely injured several times after being beaten up by their mentally challenged children and had to hide outside their home out of fear for their children, the helpers started rescue efforts.
‘We have sent Pushpa to CMC Nepal for treatment until she recovers completely,’ said Shanti Awasthi, OCMC focal person at District Hospital Bajhang. ‘Since we can only help women and victims of gender-based violence, we could not do anything for her son.’
When consulting with the doctors at the district hospital, they said that she would also recover easily if treated, but she needed to be kept under full observation. Awasthi informed that CMC Nepal had also rescued 30-year-old Anita Khadka of Jayaprithi Municipality-9 and 18-year-old Bimala Syanda of Vitthadchir Rural Municipality-6, who were suffering from similar mental problems.
Mother Suna Mijari expressed happiness after her daughter received free treatment. However, she is unable to stay at home due to her son's aggressive behavior and has requested the people to help in his treatment. 'We are not able to sleep indoors now due to the fear of our son, who will come and kill us at any time,' she said. 'We have to sleep wherever we can, and even the elderly have fallen ill due to the cold. As it happens, we had to arrange for my son's treatment.'
