The North-Eastern Health Board is to set up a special phone line, among other measures, to try to combat the high ratio of suicides in the Border region. Figures for 1997 show that there were 36 suicides in the board's region. Eighty per cent of these were males and 44 per cent were under the age of 30.
Health board to open distress line
The North-Eastern Health Board is to set up a special phone line, among other measures, to try to combat the high ratio of suicides…
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