加自杀咨询热线也朝九晚五_报刊文摘
canada suicide hotline to open only from 9 to 5
toronto (reuters) - a canadian province will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours.
prince edward island, a small province on canada’s east coast, says it is too expensive to operate the hotline around the clock. starting june 1, it will be open only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., monday through friday.
the plan drew protest from mental health groups across the country on wednesday.
"how many times, when you get upset or worried or concerned about things, is it in the middle of the day? it’s usually at 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning when you wake up," said joan wright, executive director of the canadian association for suicide prevention based in edmonton, alberta.
the hotline received about 1,400 calls a year and about 50 were from people contemplating suicide, health groups said.
"one of the things i was hearing is the government felt there weren’t enough suicide-related calls," wright said.
prince edward island, canada’s smallest province with a population of about 137,000 people, is trying to tame its budget deficit. the hotline cost about c$30,000 ($24,000) a year to run.
"it’s a very small amount of money in our view," said reid burke, executive director of the canadian mental health association.
"(given) the economic cost of a suicide, if governments pay attention to dollars and numbers, not what happens to people, it just doesn’t make sense."
辅助阅读：
因热线运行费用昂贵（每年约30,000加元，合24,000美元），位于加拿大东海岸的某省将关闭其24小时自杀咨询热线，自6月1日起只在周一至周五的上午9:00到下午5:00的上班时间开通。
该引起全国心理健康团体的反对。心理健康团体称，该热线每年接到1,400个电话，其中约有50个是企图自杀的人打来的。在其看来，该热线的运营费用只是一笔很小的开销。
toronto (reuters) - a canadian province will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours.
prince edward island, a small province on canada’s east coast, says it is too expensive to operate the hotline around the clock. starting june 1, it will be open only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., monday through friday.
the plan drew protest from mental health groups across the country on wednesday.
"how many times, when you get upset or worried or concerned about things, is it in the middle of the day? it’s usually at 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning when you wake up," said joan wright, executive director of the canadian association for suicide prevention based in edmonton, alberta.
the hotline received about 1,400 calls a year and about 50 were from people contemplating suicide, health groups said.
"one of the things i was hearing is the government felt there weren’t enough suicide-related calls," wright said.
prince edward island, canada’s smallest province with a population of about 137,000 people, is trying to tame its budget deficit. the hotline cost about c$30,000 ($24,000) a year to run.
"it’s a very small amount of money in our view," said reid burke, executive director of the canadian mental health association.
"(given) the economic cost of a suicide, if governments pay attention to dollars and numbers, not what happens to people, it just doesn’t make sense."
辅助阅读：
因热线运行费用昂贵（每年约30,000加元，合24,000美元），位于加拿大东海岸的某省将关闭其24小时自杀咨询热线，自6月1日起只在周一至周五的上午9:00到下午5:00的上班时间开通。
该引起全国心理健康团体的反对。心理健康团体称，该热线每年接到1,400个电话，其中约有50个是企图自杀的人打来的。在其看来，该热线的运营费用只是一笔很小的开销。