Insurance ought to cover psychotherapy

A 36-YEAR-OLD paraplegic patient in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, Central China, spent all his savings to hire someone to kill him. But after being stabbed a dozen times by the "murderer" he had hired, he was still alive and called for help. As a result of the attack he has lost the movement and feeling he had in his upper body. The Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

A paraplegic's life can easily become dehumanizing, because there is also no privacy for the patient in terms of bodily functions and their inability to participate in many social activities. They may have no close friends, and few have the opportunity to enjoy hobbies. Most of them even suffer some kind of discrimination.

Although people have been caring for him, the man still found his life unbearable.