UWI to provide counselling after student found dead on campus
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Counselling services will be provided to members of the Elsa Leo-Rhynie Hall of Residence at University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus following the passing of a student on the hall on Wednesday.
In a news release, the university said that counsellors and members of the Chaplaincy Unit have been deployed to engage the grief-stricken students.
The student was reportedly found dead on the hall on Wednesday morning. However, the identity of the student has not yet been revealed.
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The institution said that a similar counselling session is being organised with the Faculty of Humanities and Education.
“The University of the West Indies, Mona wishes to advise the public of the sudden passing of a male student on the Elsa Leo-Rhynie Hall of Residence. We are deeply saddened by this news and extend our condolences to the family, friends and hall-mates of the deceased student,” said the institution in a press release on Wednesday.
The UWI added that upon being notified all protocols were activated and that the parents of the deceased and the police were contacted, and the body of the student has been removed.