[BerrieK]

Peter, perhaps you are right in questioning the relevance to the reading public of the inclusion of the offered counselling in the article.

However, it sends a message to the community that the ambulance service tries to do the right thing for it's members. To remind people that their job is not always easy or pleasant.

Have you ever seen a very young child mutilated and been involved in care in any way? Have them die despite your best efforts and somehow question was there more that you could have done? Even though you know there was nothing that could be done but have a procedure to follow? It is an extremely difficult thing to cope with, to sit right in your head. By mentioning the offered counselling in the article, perhaps the magnitude of the horror of the incident is demonstrated to those reading.

As Lee mentions, some conselling is a waste of time for some people. But not for everyone.


Kerrie