Government says it is constructing new general hospitals that will offer mental health services to address the mental cases in the country.
Ministry of Health Director of Policy and Planning Maximillian Bweupe says the construction works for the general hospitals with mental health facilities have started in all parts of the country.
Dr. Bweupe said that the Ministry is also training professionals like psychiatrics, clinical officers as well nurses that will be specialized in handling people with mental health problems.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today, Dr. Bweupe said that mental health services are at the moment limited to provincial hospitals around the country.
Dr Bweupe disclosed that the Infrastructure being constructed makes it possible to cater for mental health people to be attended to.
However DR. Bweupe said that the Ministry is looking forward to amending the mental health act which is the governing act for providing mental health services to the mental health patients.
DR Bweupe said apart from the centralized Chainama Hills Mental Hospital, government has extended mental health services to all provincial hospitals.
Just be careful with the medication you give them, some of them just makes it worse ending up with more kuku humans.
That’s the way to go. First patients, Kambwili, HH, GBM
There is a desperate need for Zambia to designated such a service to State HOUSE.
I wanna hear that GRZ has invested into quality healthcare such that no more leaders or regular citizens will need to seek medical care abroad anymore.
Good news, mental health is overlooked in zambia, just attended a mental health tribunal hearing this morning with the local judge and we need to safe guard this vulnerable people. We have a long to go, but this at least the beginning
You guys are working very hard! Please stay on course and don’t let the tribal agenda of a tribalist party derail you! You are developing this nation little by little! I also know that it will never be president! I mean the Three Mansion stuff!