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Taiwan supermarkets to join suicide-prevention campaign

 By Admin  Thursday, February 4, 2010

Taipei - Supermarkets and 24-hour convenience store chains in Taiwan, which has one suicide almost every two hours, have agreed to join in the government’s suicide-prevention campaign, an official said Thursday. “Six supermarket chains and four convenience store chains have agreed to cooperate with us in preventing suicide,” said Cheng Shu-hsin of the Department of Health.

“The Rxmart, which has 500 supermarkets, has modified its computer program, so that if a customer buys only charcoal, when he or she goes to the counter to pay, the cash register will flash a warning,” she said.

“Then, the cashier will ask the customer, ‘Are you buying charcoal for a barbecue? Why don’t you buy meat?’ ‘If the customer expressed suicidal thoughts, the cashier would suggest the customer call a suicide-prevention hotline,” she said… more

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