SG BULOH – Nine Education Ministry counsellors have been placed at Sg Buloh Hospital’s Forensic Department to offer support and psychosocial assistance to the family members of victims of the landslide tragedy in Gohtong Jaya.
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said all the counsellors will be on duty at the hospital until their task is over.
“There are three shifts with three counsellors assigned to each shift,” she told reporters after checking on the counsellors at work at the Forensic Department here today.
Fadhlina said at the moment the victims’ families were going through a difficult period and needed to be given space.
“I ask that they are given space and opportunity to get psychosocial support from Malaysians, besides offering prayers that the search and rescue operations process goes smoothly,” she said.
The landslide that occurred at 2.42am yesterday resulted in a section of a ravine measuring almost 300m long and 70m high crashing onto the campsite.
As of 2pm today, 10 persons are still reported missing while 23 have been confirmed dead out of 94 victims.
The search-and-rescue operation resumed at 8am this morning after it was suspended at midnight last night following heavy rain. – Bernama, December 17, 2022
