“National” committee concludes discussion of articles of mental health bill – UAE – News and reports

The Federal National Council’s Committee on Health and Environmental Affairs closed the discussion of the articles of a federal mental health bill at a meeting held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council in Dubai, chaired by Naema Abdullah Al Sharhan, Second Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Committee.

The meeting was attended by committee members: Sumaya Abdullah Al-Suwaidi, committee rapporteur, Shatha Saeed Alai Al Naqbi, Azra Hassan bin Rakkad, Muhammad Ahmad Al Yamahi and Dr Moza Muhammad Al Ameri.

Each of the following representatives from the Ministry of Health and Prevention participated: Dr. Abdel Nasser bin Salem, expert in health legislation, and Dr. Lubna Ali Al-Shaali – Director of the Department of Public Health Policy.

Naema Al-Sharhan, head of the committee, said the committee has finished discussing the articles of the bill, which consists of 58 articles, with representatives from the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, with a view to preparing the final report on this. at the next committee meetings, adopting it and submitting it to the board and discussing it at the next sessions.

She indicated that the bill aims to regulate the relationship between the mentally ill and the various parties who care for him, in order to provide him with the necessary health care in accordance with the best standards applicable in this field, and to protect and to preserve the rights and dignity of the mentally ill and to reduce the negative effects of mental disorders on the lives of individuals, families and society, and to promote the integration of the psychiatric patient into society.

According to the explanatory memorandum received from the government, the articles of the bill deal with the definitions and objectives of the law, the scope of its application, the provisions relating to the accreditation of mental health services, the file of registration of mentally ill patients, the provisions relating to the Monitoring and Review Committee, its mandate and decisions, the provisions relating to general rights and rights related to the health care of the psychiatric patient and the rights document. The patient, the Patient Rights Care Committee, in addition to a statement of the mandate of the Patient Rights Care Committee and provisions for types of admission to the mental health facility.

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