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ลำดับตอนที่ #94 : Canadian Attawapiskat First Nation suicide emergency
The
Attawapiskat First Nation in Ontario saw 28 suicide attempts in March and more
than 100 since last September, Canadian media said, with one person reported to
have died.
Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau called the news "heartbreaking".
Canada's
1.4 million indigenous
people have high levels of poverty.
Their
life expectancy is also below the Canadian average.
Bruce
Shisheesh, the chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation community, said 11 people
attempted to take their own lives on Saturday, prompting him to declare a state of emergency.
The
First Nations government was sending a crisis response unit to the community
following the declaration on Saturday, Canadian media said.
The Health Canada
federal agency said in a statement it had sent two mental health counsellors as
part of that unit.
Charlie
Angus, the local MP, said: "This is a systemic crisis affecting the
communities."
"There's
just not been a serious response from any level of government until now,"
he said.
"We'll
continue to work to improve living conditions for all Indigenous peoples,"
Prime Minister Trudeau said.
Another
Canadian aboriginal community in the western province of Manitoba appealed for federal aid last month,
citing six suicides in two months and 140 suicide attempts in two weeks.
indigenous
(Adj.)
naturally existing in a place or country rather than arrivingfrom another place:
prompting the act of trying to make someone say something:
federal (Adj.)
relating to
the central government,
and not to the government of
a region,
of some countries such
as the US:
A federal system of government consists
of a group of
regions that
are controlled by
a central government.
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