SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1989
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ALERT SOCIAL WORKER PREVENTS POSSIBLE TRAGEDY
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THE QUICK RESPONSE AND) DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE HAVE RECENTLY PREVENTED A DESPAIRING WOMAN FROM POSSIBLY KILLING HERSELF.
THE ALERTNESS OF A SOCIAL WORKER AND CO-OPERATION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE
ΤΟ A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THE SOCIAL WORKER, ATTACHED
WHEN A DISTRESSED INSTITUTION, WAS ALERTED TO THE THREAT OF TRAGEDY WOMAN TELEPHONED HER CHILD WHO WAS LIVING IN THE INSTITUTION.
WITH
THE WOMAN HAD FINANCIAL IT WAS KNOWN THAT
AND MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES, AND WHEN SHE INDICATED SHE WANTED TO "HAVE LAST WORDS" HER CHILD, THE SOCIAL WORKER SENSED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
AND ENDING
GESTURES OF THE CHILD, THE THEN, FROM THE CONVERSATION AND SOCIAL WORKER REALISED THAT SHE WAS DEALING WITH A MATTER OF LIFE DEATH, THAT THE MOTHER WAS CONTEMPLATING KILLING HERSELF AFTER THE TELEPHONE CALL.
ASKED
THERE WAS NO TIME TO LOSE. THE SOCIAL WORKER' IMMEDIATELY
AND THE CALL,
TO SEEK POLICE URGENTLY TO TRACE HER COLLEAGUES
TO CONTINUED
GIVE THE WOMAN ASSISTANCE, WHILE SHE AND THE CHILD EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OVER THE PHONE.
OF THE BOTH THE POLICE AND SOCIAL WORKERS
WOMAN. AFTER 30 AGAINST THE CLOCK TO TRACE THE
WAS EFFORT, THE MOTHER WAS LOCATED IN A FLAT. SHE THE PHONE, AND SOBBING.
DEPARTMENT WORKED
MINUTES
JOINT OF STILL TALKING ON
SOCIAL WORKERS WHO WENT TO THE FLAT COUNSELLED THE SHE EVENTUALLY CALMED DOWN.
WOMAN,
AND
COMMENTING
ON
THE CASE,
AN
ASSISTANT
OF DIRECTOR
SOCIAL
WELFARE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF HAD DEMONSTRATED THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF PROFESSIONALISM IN HANDLING THE CASE.
"THEIR PERFORMANCE HAS SET AN EXAMPLE. THE QUICK
ALSO CONCERNED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS THE SUCCESS IN SAVING THE DESPERATE MOTHER,
HE SAID.
"FOLLOW-UP COUNSELLING HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ADOPT A MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK IN LIFE."
THE WOMAN HAD ALSO BEEN GIVEN FINANCIAL INCIDENT IN MAY, MR KWOK ADDED.
RESPONSE AND CONTRIBUTED
то
HELP THE MOTHER ΤΟ
ASSISTANCE SINCE THE
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