A urinary catheter is a flexible plastic tube used to drain urine from your bladder when you cannot urinate by yourself. A doctor will place the catheter into the bladder by inserting it through the urethra, the opening that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.
Samantha Kuberskki was found hanging by a belt at her home in Oregon after being sent to her room for arguing with her mother. A six-year-old girl who was sent to her room for punishment is feared to be one of the youngest people to have ever committed suicide in the U.S. Samantha Kuberskki was found hanging by a belt at her home in Oregon after being sent to her room for arguing with her mother. Her death was ruled as suicide by the coroner - sparking a bitter row with police who investigated her death and insist it was an accident.
In Washington, suicide was the leading all-ages cause of injury death in 2013, accounting for 1,008 deaths. During this same period, 3,402 people were hospitalized for attempted suicide. Washington State Dept. of Health, Injury Data Tables, November 2014. King County overall has a lower rate of suicide when compared nationally; however, it has recently seen an increase in the number of suicides. In 2013, there were 249 suicide deaths, approximately 18% more than in 2004.