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By Dennis Peprah / Sarah Ankamah-Yeboah, RNG
Sunyani, June 4, GNA – Mr. Joseph Yere, the
Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Mental Health Coordinator at the weekend
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA) in the country for
support the process of treatment and rehabilitation of people with forms of mental disorders.
the troubles.
He observed that mental illness remained a problem
societal, treatment and rehabilitation very expensive, hence the need for
for MDAs to help patients with drugs and help them become viable
socio-economic activities to make sense of their lives.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency
(GNA) on the sidelines of a refresher and dissemination meeting held at
Sunyani, Mr. Yere said that the number of cases of mental illness continued to increase with 672 cases
reported this year in all three regions.
MIHOSO International in collaboration with
BasicNeeds Ghana, a non-governmental organization focused on organized health
the meeting, which aimed to seek resources for quality mental health
provision of care.
Assisted by mental and municipal district
Health Coordinators and Directors of Health Services, the meeting was online
with a project entitled "Accessible and Quality Mental Health for the Poor and
Marginalized people with mental disorders ", implemented in all three
regions by NGOs with the support of Star Ghana Foundation.
Mr. Yere said the lack of drugs was
affecting the recovery processes of many mental health patients who could not
afford to buy, saying that if patients on drugs were not successful in
Of course, this has made their condition worse.
He congratulated MIHOSO and BasicNeeds for their
support for the rehabilitation of many patients and appealed to
MMDAs to help them too.
Mr. Fred Nantogmah, Knowledge Management
Communication Officer BasicNeeds Ghana stated that the government remained the
main contributor of resources to the promotion of quality mental health care, but
regretted that central government funding is not flowing.
He said outside of the mental health job
workers, the government was responsible for providing medical supplies and
medicines, build employee capacity and help alleviate the plight of
the patients.
Mr. Nantogmah appealed to Ghana Health
Service to focus on mental health treatment and to ensure that
Health facilities have been established and adequately resourced in all areas of public health.
facilities to care for patients.
GNA
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