A man was admitted to hospital yesterday after he allegedly drank a poisonous substance.
The man, who is in his 40s and originally from Barre Denis, was reportedly discovered by his girlfriend at their Goodlands, Castries residence, a source close to the family told St. Lucia News Online (SNO).
It is believed that the man drank a herbicide called Touch Down.
The source added that the man and his girlfriend recently had an argument, which may have led to his attempt on his own life.
The news comes on the heels of a series of suspected suicides and attempted suicides across the island since the start of the festive season.
A 73-year-old Augier resident, Cletus Marc, passed away yesterday at St. Jude Hospital after allegedly ingesting gramoxone on Sunday.
On Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25), a Fond Assau resident was rushed to Victoria Hospital after he was suspected of drinking gramoxone. He was admitted to the hospital and is currently in stable condition.
On Friday morning at around 1:45, a man in his 20s, Goddard Albert, was found hanging underneath a house in Barre Denis.
On Sunday, a man attempted to hang himself in Barre Denis, two days after his distant neighbour, Goddard Albert, aka Debo, died from suspected suicide.
Reports are that the man was stopped after he was discovered by his girlfriend’s younger sister with the rope, getting ready to carry out the act Sunday morning underneath a house.
“They had time to remove the rope from his neck,” a resident of the community said.