“Thank you so far.” A man in his 50s who called a new civil servant in his first year of public service said this in a quiet voice. After hanging up the phone, the officer rushed to stop the man from making an extreme choice.
According to Jongno-gu on the 12th, Yeo Tae-woon, who works in the village welfare team at Changsin 2-dong Community Service Center, received a call from a man in his 50s on April 27th.
Mr. A single person’s home with no family or acquaintances with whom he is in regular contact, and is said to have been subject to control at the community center since May last year as a vulnerable group of lonely deaths. It is said that the woman in charge often communicates with Mr A and brings donated items to the community center in person.
On that day, Mr. A the phone, saying, “Thank you so far,” and the woman in charge felt that Mr A’s situation was not serious. This is because Mr. And tried to make an extreme choice in December last year. Even then, the lady in charge and Lee Hyeong-yoon, head of Village Welfare Team 1, visited the house and persuaded him until the police arrived.
As soon as Yeo hung up the phone, he immediately ran to Mr. A’s house, and Team Leader Lee immediately followed. When the woman in charge of the house arrived, 15 minutes’ walk away, Mr A was already unconscious. Officer Yeo calmly called 112 and 119. Due to the quick response of the female officer, Mr A regained consciousness and was taken to hospital.
Mr A is said to have tried to make an extreme choice due to bad luck, such as losing his job due to ill health in recent years.
The team leader, Lee, who was with me at the time, said, “It would have taken the woman in charge about 15 minutes to hang up and go home. It was fortunate that the woman in charge who started it reacted quickly. Even if it was a little late, Mr A’s life would have been in danger, so I swept my heart away.”
Mr. A, who is currently being treated in the hospital, is said to have decided to accept suicide risk group management in connection with the Jongno-gu Mental Health Welfare Center at the persuasion of the female officer.
Officer Yeo said, “When I first saw the scene, I was the first to think that I had to save this person rather than fear.”
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