Eastern Cape Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth unveiled a R29-million newly upgraded child and adolescent facility at Fort England Hospital in Makhanda. | MaliDayimani
World Mental Health Day was commemorated worldwide on 10 October, under the theme: Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority.
By November, the facility will be managing children who are mentally impaired and need proper examination, said Meth."This is part of the department's continuous effort of improving the provision of acute and sub-acute services. This means our children with mental challenges will now have a facility that will specifically cater to them. This is a move in the right direction," Meth said.
Meth said she was concerned that about 14% of the global burden of disease had been attributed to mental disorders, mostly due to the chronically disabling nature of depression and other common medical cases, including alcohol use and substance-use disorders and psychoses.Join the 1 million News24 readers who are signed up to receive the top, must-read stories of the day in their inbox. Join them and get premium news, every weekday at 6 am.
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