More mental health resources needed for search and rescue missions, says advocate
CBC
A mental health advocate and the family of Makkovik teenager Burton Winters say more mental health resources are needed for both the families of lost and missing persons and the volunteers tasked with searches and rescues.
Their comments came during a Wednesday session of the public probe into ground search and rescue services.
"I had nobody to go to and nobody to talk to, nobody was there for me. Nobody was there for me throughout this whole thing," said Paulette Rice, Burton's mother. "Support is really needed."
The inquiry was established to examine search and rescue services in Newfoundland and Labrador, partially in response to Burton's death in 2012. Burton was riding his snowmobile home from his grandmother's house when it got stuck in sea ice. He walked 19 kilometres in the wrong direction before succumbing to the frigid conditions.
Throughout the inquiry, members of his family and experts have criticized the availability of resources for ground search and rescue in the province, particularly in Labrador.
During a Wednesday session focused on mental health, Edna Winters, Burton's grandmother, emphasized the need for mental health resources in the search and rescue system.
"We all have something within mental health that is going on within us," she said. "Mental health is such a key part of your everyday life, and we have to really acknowledge that."
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