Coverage causes guilt and sorrow

GRAPHIC media coverage of the New Year disaster in Lan Kwai Fong has caused a wave of guilt among people who were not even at the tragedy, and a record number of calls to hotlines.

The Hospital Authority's 24-hour service at Queen Mary Hospital had received only seven calls by Saturday, but delayed reaction to the tragedy resulted yesterday in 24 more callers asking for help. Five were referred for further psychiatric help.

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