Summary Cooling Event Briefing

In daily life or work and study, the frequency of use of briefings is gradually increasing. Briefings are not an article genre. Because a newsletter may only publish one article, or it may publish several articles. Want to learn how to write a brief but don’t know who to ask? The following is a summary of summer cooling activities that I have collected for everyone. Welcome to read and collect. Briefing on Summer Cooling Events Part 1

Summer is hot and the heat is unbearable. The chairman of the group is concerned about the frontline employees who are struggling in the workshop. In early July, he arranged for canteen staff to prepare herbal tea to cool down and relieve the heat and send it to the workshop every day. Now that he has entered the army, Chairman Han is even more concerned about these workshop employees who are enduring the sweltering heat and working hard for Ruiming's tomorrow. On the afternoon of July 21, 2017, he personally led the heads of various departments of the company to go to the front-line workshops to carry out the "summer coolness" "High temperature condolences activities.

Recently it has been sunny and hot, and the heat is scorching. The temperature in the workshop has reached over 50 degrees every day. The company uses various methods to cool down the workshop. If God doesn't rain, we will do it ourselves. Rows of water pipes on the ceiling of the workshop provide cooling rain every day; the large bucket of herbal tea relieves the physical heat, but warms the hearts of employees; mung bean soup, watermelon, Huoxiang Zhengqi water and other summer standard items are more It is prepared in batches and delivered to the employees in person; the high temperature subsidy is calculated into the employees' wages.

During the condolences, the chairman and the employees had a relaxed and pleasant conversation, urging everyone to balance work and rest, pay attention to their health, and prevent heat stroke. At the same time, they carefully inquired about their production and living conditions to ensure that employees Dedicate yourself to work with a healthy body and full enthusiasm, indicating that you must arrange working hours reasonably, ensure safe production, implement the safety responsibility system, and advance all work in an orderly manner. He also expressed the group's sincere greetings to the employees who are still working hard on the front line of production despite difficulties, high temperatures, and sweltering heat, and expressed sincere gratitude to all employees for their hard work in ensuring the provision of high-quality products and services! Send coolness in the summer Activity Brief 2

The continuous high temperature almost makes people lose their ability to judge the temperature. The air that is extremely hot due to the scorching sun is challenging the limits of tolerance of the citizens. They just want to huddle indoors and enjoy the air conditioning. However, our sanitation workers still face the scorching sun and the high temperature and stick to their jobs.

On July 25, the street carried out a high-temperature condolence activity. The street publicity committee braved the high temperature to visit and express condolences to the sanitation workers working on the front line, thank them for their hard work in cleaning the city, and sent towels, wind oil essence and Coke and other "cool gift packs" to bring them a touch of coolness in the hot summer.

He asked the sanitation workers in detail about their production and living conditions, and asked them to pay attention to heatstroke prevention and avoidance during the dog days of summer. At the same time, cleaning companies are required to pay close attention to the health of sanitation workers in hot weather, reasonably arrange production and rest times, and ensure that the urban environment is clean and orderly. Summer Cooling Activity Briefing Part 3

In order to ensure safe production and heatstroke prevention and cooling for frontline workers in summer, on July 25, Ma Yanxing, Director of the Changshui Street People’s Congress Working Committee and Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee, and Party Workers Li Chao, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and director of the office, led a team to carry out high-temperature visits and condolences to units in the jurisdiction. Miao Mingzhong, deputy director of the office, accompanied them to bring a touch of coolness in the hot summer to the traffic police, law enforcement squadrons, police station and other staff who stick to their front-line posts under high temperatures.

At the South High-speed Railway Station, street leaders sent condolences and had cordial conversations with the public security special police, railway police, and transportation management staff who were on duty on the front line. Everyone said that since the High-speed Railway South Station was entrusted with the management of Changshui Street, under the coordination of the street and the High-speed Railway Management Office, everyone has worked together, the working mechanism has become smoother, and the barriers between departments have gradually been broken. As the cooperation deepens, the work Efficiency is also constantly improving. Director Li Chao said that as the window unit of Jiaxing, the high-speed rail south station has seen continuous increase in passenger flow and continuous improvement of the comprehensive environment in recent years, and is widely praised by the people of Hecheng. All of this relies on the hard work of various functional departments. In the second quarter, Changshui Street achieved excellent results in the city's ranking of national civilized cities. The South High-speed Railway Station, as a required inspection point, also made a great contribution to the street's achievement. Director Li Chao said that the hot summer has arrived, the Civilized City Examination in September is about to come, and the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and major international summits are about to be held in the second half of the year. The High-speed Railway South Station must continue its efforts and complete all aspects with the highest standards and the most stringent requirements. Service guarantee work to protect the travel of Hecheng people.

In the traffic police squadron under his jurisdiction, Director Ma Yanxing expressed condolences to the traffic policemen who have worked hard for the traffic order in the city under his jurisdiction, expressed his sincere respect and gratitude for their hard work, and sent condolences to them one by one to remind them to take care of themselves. , repeatedly urged everyone to pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling, and pay attention to the balance between work and rest to ensure a safe and smooth way through the high temperature season.

In the past few days, extreme hot weather has enveloped Hecheng. The street has made heatstroke prevention and cooling and prevention of high temperature and heat stroke a top priority, requiring all units to effectively improve the living and workplace conditions of employees, especially construction sites and roads. In outdoor work industries such as maintenance, it is necessary to reasonably arrange workers' working hours and stagger high-temperature periods to protect the lives, health and safety of workers. Briefing on summer cool-down activities Part 4

The hot summer cannot stop the hurried pace of caring employees.

On July 14, in order to do a good job in summer safety work and ensure that frontline workers can spend the summer safely, the Dunhan Project Department of China Railway 14th Bureau Group carried out the "Summer Coolness" activity to provide relief to frontline workers working under high temperatures. "Coolness" and the care of the project department.

Since the beginning of summer, as the weather temperature has continued to rise, workers have been working in the open air, which consumes a lot of physical energy. In order to effectively prevent and cool down the front-line workers, the Dunhan Project Department purchased mung beans, wind Oil essence, Huoxiang Zhengqi pills and other heatstroke prevention and cooling products were provided. The on-site deputy manager led the security department and the office representative project department to go deep into the construction front line, and carried out condolence activities such as providing coolness, health, and safety during the summer, and bringing coolness to the frontline workers. area, sending care to the hearts of workers. On-site workers who received condolences from the project department said that although they felt hot and uncomfortable under the strong sunlight, they felt the care and love sent by the organization, and promised that they would overcome the scorching heat and stick to their posts. Perform due diligence and actively participate in construction production. And complete various tasks assigned by the project department with quality and quantity.

Sending coolness in the hot summer, bringing a touch of care into the heart, a coolness, a care, a love, the sending coolness activity not only brings coolness and care to the organization, but also is a great encouragement It boosted the motivation of front-line workers and promoted the safe production of the project. It provides a reliable guarantee for the successful completion of various construction plan goals assigned by the owner. Briefing on the activity of providing coolness in summer 5

In order to protect the health of employees and ensure that all employees devote themselves to production work in the peak season, on July 14, the trade union of Xilinhot Airport Company launched the activity of “delivering coolness in summer”. It brings a little bit of coolness to employees who stick to their posts in the hot summer.

The sun is blazing and the heat is unbearable. Company leaders care about their employees and put forward requirements for employees to do a good job in heatstroke prevention and cooling. Dai Huniu, chairman of the airport company's labor union, went deep into the production line and distributed refreshing drinks and food to all employees. When communicating with employees, Dai Huniu hoped that everyone should do a good job in ensuring flight safety during the peak tourist season, and also pay attention to reasonable arrangements for work and rest to ensure production safety and physical health.

The summer cooling activity implements the heatstroke prevention and cooling work to every employee, effectively guarantees the health and safety of the majority of employees, stimulates the enthusiasm of the majority of employees to love their jobs and promote the company's production and development. Briefing on the summer cool-down activity, Part 6

In May and June, when the sun is as hot as fire and gold and stone are flowing, the company's labor union started the summer cool-down activity. Zhang Biqing, deputy secretary of the company's party committee and chairman of the labor union, and his party presented more than 2,000 kilograms each of mung beans, sugar and other heatstroke prevention and cooling items to the project employees, kicking off the company's cooling activity.

While sending cooling items to the project department, Secretary Zhang Biqing also proposed that the project department should focus on inspections of the construction site, staff canteens, and dormitories, and implement measures such as production safety, occupational protection, and high-temperature labor protection. , to create a better production and living environment for employees and migrant workers in the outsourcing team, and also mobilized everyone to overcome the high temperatures and heat, protect themselves, and ensure high-quality and efficient construction and production. The project department is required to conduct a comprehensive inspection of production equipment, lightning protection facilities, safety devices and workplaces to identify and rectify potential accident hazards and prevent and contain accidents. After receiving the cool items sent by the company, the employees all said: "We will definitely not live up to the high expectations of our leaders, and we must continue to carry forward the spirit of hard work and do our jobs well.

Since the beginning of summer The strong convective weather in various regions has brought many difficulties to construction and production. The majority of employees braved the sweltering heat and the scorching sun to work hard on the construction sites. During this period, the labor unions of various project departments also carried out " "Sending Coolness" condolence activities. In terms of employee accommodation conditions, food hygiene, and high-temperature labor protection, we will continue to improve the production and living environment of employees, solve outstanding problems in employees' production operations and living environment, and create a safe, hygienic and comfortable job for the majority of employees. environment, ensuring the physical and mental health of employees and migrant workers, so that everyone can have a safe, hygienic, and cool summer. Each project department requires each construction team to reasonably adjust their work and rest time and employee rest time; for example, the Tianjin Country Garden project department provides employees with Equipped with barley tea; Tianjin Eco-City Jiaming Project Department, C9-Ⅰ Section, China Overseas City, and BOE Project Department installed electric fans, screens and other thoughtful configurations in dormitories for employees and migrant workers; Chengdu Pearl River International, Xi'an Daming Palace Wanda Plaza , Tianjin Eco-City Jiaming, BOE, China Overseas City and many other project departments have made adequate preparations in terms of medicines and health and epidemic prevention. At the same time, many project departments have appropriately adjusted their working hours to avoid construction during high-temperature operations.

For many years, the company's labor union has been insisting on carrying out summer cool-off activities, which not only sends a caring feeling from the company leaders, but also fully embodies the company's "people-oriented" concept. Through the "cool-off" activity, the emotion is conveyed and extended among employees , until it turns into mutual gratitude between the company and its employees, forming a good atmosphere in which the company cares for its employees and employees love the company, which is an indispensable activity for building a harmonious company. Briefing on the summer cool-down activity 7

The summer is hot and the sun is like fire. On July 11, the relevant person in charge of the Xifeng District Federation of Trade Unions went deep into the grassroots and visited the frontline law enforcement officers and co-management personnel of the District Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau. They sent cordial condolences and condolences to the employees. Heatstroke prevention and cooling products.

Li Tingwei, member of the Standing Committee of the District Committee and Director of Urban Management, also attended the event.

At the law enforcement booths and law enforcement vehicles, Li Tingwei and the condolences team inquired in detail about the employees’ work, labor protection and other conditions, and expressed their appreciation for the employees’ positive contributions to the social development and urban construction of Xifeng District. He expressed his gratitude for the contribution, and on behalf of the trade union, he presented tea, rock sugar, towels and other heatstroke prevention and cooling items to more than 500 employees, and urged everyone to pay attention to high temperature protection when working.

It is understood that the "Sending Coolness" activity is one of the four special activities of the District Federation of Trade Unions "giving jobs in spring, cooling in summer, student aid in autumn, and warmth in winter", aiming to urge employers to do a good job Front-line workers in hot weather work to prevent heatstroke and cool down to effectively safeguard the safety and health rights of workers. Briefing on Summer Cooling Activities Part 8

In the past few days, the temperature has been rising steadily. Bringing severe tests to the frontline workers who stick to their posts, on the morning of July 20, the Chairman of the District Federation of Trade Unions, accompanied by the Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Party Leadership Group of the District Federation of Trade Unions, visited xx Company and xxx Co., Ltd. to cordially express condolences to the high-temperature frontline workers. The hard-working security guards and cleaners gave them heatstroke prevention and cooling gifts, so that the employees who stayed on the front line of the high temperature could truly feel the care of the trade union organization, which also opened the door for the District Federation of Trade Unions to carry out high-temperature condolences. prelude.

During the condolence activities, the chairman had cordial conversations with the employees present everywhere he went and personally delivered condolences to them. He expressed his deep respect to the security guards and cleaning staff and thanked them for their contribution to building a beautiful city. Xihu also asked about their living and working conditions, and highly praised everyone's spirit of sticking to their posts and working hard in hot weather.

At the same time, all units have been repeatedly urged to pay attention to the heatstroke prevention and cooling of front-line workers, and to arrange work and rest schedules more scientifically and reasonably to cope with hot weather and ensure the health of front-line workers. The employees expressed their gratitude to the District Federation of Trade Unions for their condolences, saying that they would live up to their care and devote themselves to work with fuller work enthusiasm and mental state.

The high-temperature condolences activity of "Sending Coolness" is one of the four special activities of the District Federation of Trade Unions: "giving jobs in spring, cooling in summer, student aid in autumn, and warmth in winter". It is also the annual summer care of the District Federation of Trade Unions. An important measure for employees.

It is understood that after the beginning of summer this year, the District Federation of Trade Unions formulated measures to implement summer heatstroke prevention and labor protection as soon as possible, requiring trade unions at all levels to extensively carry out "send coolness" condolences activities to ensure that the "send coolness" activities will be carried out Do a good job and be practical, so that grassroots workers can feel the care of the union's "native family". Summer Cooling Activity Briefing 9

In order to ensure the health of frontline workers during the high temperature season, on the afternoon of July 17, Qian Feng, Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee and Mayor, Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Town Federation of Trade Unions The chairman and other party and government leaders formed 5 condolence groups, which visited and visited 1,000 front-line workers from 10 units, including Xinqiao Police Station, Xinqiao Property Co., Ltd., Xinqiao Greening and City Appearance Office, and the Sixth Traffic Police Brigade, to understand the employees. The working environment and operation conditions were improved, and heatstroke prevention and cooling items were provided.

From July 11 to 17, the town federation of trade unions visited 13,200 employees of 95 grassroots trade unions and asked enterprises to pay attention to cooling and safety measures when working at high temperatures, and pay attention to We combine work and rest to effectively protect the safety and health rights of employees and ensure a safe and cool summer. Summer Refreshment Activity Briefing 10

In the hot summer, the temperature is very high. In order to effectively protect the life safety and physical and mental health of the employees, prevent high temperatures and heatstroke in summer, and help employees carry out their work better, in mid-June the company The trade union kicked off the summer high temperature condolences and "sending coolness" activities. In early June, the trade union work department formulated a purchase plan for heatstroke prevention and cooling supplies based on fully soliciting the needs of various units. Heatstroke prevention products such as rock sugar, drinks, tea, Fengyou essence, toilet water, Huoxiang Zhengqi water are not expensive, but they express the company's labor union's deep affection for and sympathy for employees, and also bring a ray of coolness to the hot summer.

On the afternoon of June 30, the labor union work department organized personnel to pack the heatstroke prevention supplies into boxes and distribute them to each unit, requiring each unit to distribute them to each employee in a timely manner, and instructing employees to take precautions when working at high temperatures in summer. Take measures to prevent heatstroke and cool down.

On the morning of July 2, led by the chairman of the company’s labor union, a delegation from the labor union work department paid on-site condolences to the front-line production workers and sent them the care and condolences of the company’s labor union. Zhang Xinqiang learned about it in detail everywhere he went. The production and living conditions of employees require all units to pay close attention to and improve the labor production safety and conditions of employees, implement various labor protection regulations in high-temperature seasons, and effectively safeguard the health rights and interests of employees.

The high-temperature condolences and "send coolness" activity fully reflects the company's "people-oriented" development philosophy, and also reflects the care and love of the company's labor union for employees. It improves employee cohesion and centripetal force while better serving safety Production escort. Summer Cooling Activity Briefing 11

In the harsh summer, you love "guards". On July 15, more than 100 sanitation workers came to the X Volunteer Association and Changsheng Park. The Youth League Town Committee, The Volunteer Association, together with the Community Health Center, Tianyi San Rural Volunteer Service Team of Guangdong Medical University, and Xingchao Dental Clinic, carried out the "Love the Guardian" campaign to care for sanitation workers by providing coolness and health to the sanitation workers.

On-site services include scraping, moxibustion, auricular acupuncture, oral examination, blood pressure measurement and health care knowledge consultation services. At the same time, on-site volunteers actively assist and guide, making the sanitation workers feel warm.

The sanitation workers all said that they felt much better after the examination and physical therapy, and they thanked all sectors of society for their concern and care for us.

That afternoon, the weather was just right. The Volunteer Association organized 60 volunteers. After gathering at Changsheng Park, they distributed summer cooling bags to more than 200 sanitation workers along the way, serving as "beauticians" for Zhicheng. They sent Huoxiang Zhengqi water, bread, frozen drinks, water cups, towels and food and other summer relief materials to let them feel the coolness of summer.

Next, in conjunction with the development of the project, we will continue to provide coolness to sanitation workers in summer, build a "Wei Ai Station" and other series of activities. We welcome more "like-minded" you to join us and work together to weave beautiful new things. The city contributes its strength. Briefing on the summer coolness campaign 12

From July 17th to 20th, the "send coolness" activity was carried out to visit frontline workers who still stick to their posts in the hot weather, and to guide the project department's standardization construction and field safety production work .

In the project department, the dean introduced the development of the bureau and the hospital in the first half of the year, inquired in detail about the production and living conditions of the employees, carefully checked the standardization construction situation of the project department, carefully checked the project results and communicated with the project Group members discussed the problems encountered during the project. After listening to the reports from the project team members, President Wan fully affirmed their contribution to the development of the Fourth Institute and sincerely expressed the cordial condolences of the institute’s party committee and labor union to the frontline workers in the field.

The dean emphasized that we must correctly face the problems encountered in production, practice boldly and actively, further give full play to the advantages of drilling technology, and explore Scientific construction technology and methods; we must attach great importance to project standardization construction, continuously improve project quality management, focus on giving full play to the leading role of party building, and improve the level of scientific and standardized project management; we must combine work and rest, strictly abide by operating procedures, and improve basic safety guarantees. Eliminate safety hazards and ensure safe production.

During the condolence period, President Wan and his delegation visited the company. The general manager of the company expressed a warm welcome to the president's visit, and the two parties held discussions and exchanges on business fields and cooperative development. The heads of the dean's office, prospecting companies, and mineral exploration institutes accompanied him to express their condolences. Summer Cooling Activity Brief 13

During the hot summer period, in order to improve the production and living environment of front-line workers, effectively prevent and control various accidents caused by high-temperature, hot and humid operations, and protect the lives of workers In order to ensure safety and health, we can better do good things and do practical things for the front-line workers and the masses, and effectively protect the health rights and interests of the workers and migrant workers. Our town’s trade union launched a series of activities to deliver coolness in the summer. The activities are summarized below:

1. Theme of the activity

With the theme of "Care for health, care for employees, and respect for labor" and focusing on high-temperature positions, the town trade union In the hot summer, various forms of cooling and health activities were carried out to strive to improve the working and living environment of front-line employees and effectively protect the physical and mental health of employees.

2. Practice the mass line and provide relief to front-line workers

The town trade union used activities as a carrier to conscientiously practice the party’s mass line education and practice activities. During the activity, they purchased Cooling medicines such as Isatis root, Xuanmai granules, chrysanthemum tea, Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid, and antiviral granules have brought coolness and health to enterprise employees and community cadres on the front line of production, and have been well received by cadres and workers.

3. Actively carry out trade union labor supervision and inspections to improve the production and living environment of front-line workers

The town trade union has carried out inspections on more than 20 enterprises such as Technology Co., Ltd., Machinery Brick Factory, and Stone Industry Co., Ltd. Conduct labor supervision and inspections, conduct on-site inspections of production and life heatstroke prevention and safety and health measures, supervise and inspect the employer's wage payment, implement the employer's various responsibilities, and ensure the health and life safety of employees under high-temperature working conditions. Summer Cooling Activity Briefing 14

In order to do a good job in preventing heatstroke among employees (including migrant workers), effectively safeguard the occupational safety and health rights and interests of employees (including migrant workers), and ensure that employees in our county spend the summer safely, In accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions’ “Notice on Carrying out Cool Cooling Activities in Summer”, the County Federation of Trade Unions carried out the summer cooling campaign of “Sending Cool Cooling to Workers, We Are Taking Action” throughout the county.

1. Strengthen the organization and publicity of the event

The County Federation of Trade Unions actively strives for the attention and support of relevant departments to improve the effectiveness of the event, through various forms such as issuing leaflets and dispatching publicity vehicles. , actively create a good atmosphere in which the whole society cares about migrant workers, let the working committees of various trade unions and grassroots trade unions fully realize the health hazards of high temperatures in summer to the majority of front-line workers, and strengthen the awareness of the importance of providing coolness and health to the majority of workers. know.

2. In-depth understanding of the production and labor conditions of enterprises at the grassroots level

The County Federation of Trade Unions, together with the County Safety Committee Office, Comprehensive Management Office, County Discipline Inspection Commission and other relevant departments, focus on construction sites and high-temperature operations. Migrant workers in workshops and other open-air operations carried out centralized supervision and inspection to eliminate potential accident risks that endanger workers' physical and mental health and life safety.

3. Carry out the activity of “Bring coolness to workers, we are taking action”

1. Send coolness to workers. During the event, *** raised 10,000 yuan in condolence funds, 10,000 yuan in labor union funds, and 14,000 yuan in social funds. The county trade union purchased "Ten Dishui", "Fengyoujing", "Isatis root", "herbal tea", "towel" and other heatstroke prevention and cooling supplies for employees, and visited enterprises and construction sites where migrant workers are concentrated. This activity *** We visited 1,200 employees, including 1,000 migrant workers.

2. Deliver safety. Cooperate with the Safety Committee Office, Comprehensive Management Office and other relevant departments to focus on inspections of construction sites and high-temperature workplaces to avoid accidents that endanger the physical and mental health or life safety of migrant workers due to the working and living environment. The production operations and living environment of migrant workers, especially the heatstroke prevention and cooling facilities, should be carefully inspected, and problems found should be reported to the company's administration in a timely manner to urge the company to make rectifications.

3. Give health. We went deep into production workshops and construction sites to publicize summer disease prevention knowledge, and visited 14 workshop teams and construction sites; carried out 4 supervision and inspection activities; carried out medical and medicine delivery activities to ensure the health of migrant workers during the summer. Briefing on the summer cool-down activity, Part 15

In the hot summer, Pingdu City Psychiatric Prevention and Treatment Hospital launched a summer cool-down activity. In hot summer days, in order to provide inpatients with a better treatment and living environment, the hospital hired air-conditioning workers to work overtime to install a better central air-conditioning in the activity room based on the original air-conditioning, so that the patients could Entertain and spend the summer in comfort.

Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of producing body fluids, relieving irritability, quenching thirst, relieving summer heat, and promoting metabolism. It is a food that can nourish and replenish the body. In this hot summer season, medical staff bring Mingcun watermelon and various fresh fruits and vegetables to the hospitalized patients to relieve heat and cool down. When the watermelon was cut open, the red pulp was immediately exposed, and sweet melon juice flowed out. After cutting the sweet and delicious watermelon into pieces, the medical staff held them in front of the patients with both hands. "Watermelon is so delicious and sweet, but what makes us feel even sweeter is the care and concern of the doctors and nurses for us," patient Uncle Chen said emotionally. Everyone happily watched TV and ate melon to cool down.

Since the beginning of the war, the hospital cafeteria has cooked fresh mung bean soup for inpatients every day. Mung bean is sweet in taste and cool in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling fire and relieving heat. Regular consumption of mung bean soup can help excrete toxins in the body and promote the normal metabolism of the body. Around ten o'clock in the morning, the nurse distributed mung bean soup to the patients. A little rock sugar was added to the mung bean soup, which tasted sweet and the patients liked to drink it more. Drinking mung bean soup every day can not only help patients prevent heatstroke, diuretic dampness and eliminate evil, but also prevent the occurrence of summer skin diseases.

The hospital continues to carry out cooling activities to provide patients with a cool feeling in the hot summer. The hospital pays attention to the details and provides care and help to patients in every little daily thing. We hope that the patients will have a happy summer, actively cooperate with the treatment, and recover and be discharged as soon as possible.