Ghana Health Ministry supports Psychiatric Hospitals
The Ministry of health [MOH] has provided an undisclosed amount of money for the psychiatric hospitals to temporarily solve the threat of hunger which faces the inmates.
The Acting chief of the hospital said that the ministry provided some funds to feed the inmates. The amount provided was enough to feed the inmates for only two to three weeks. On Friday, 22 september 2006, about 1,050 inmates of the hospital might go without food if the hospital did not receive funds from the government.
The Acting chief said, the hospital spent a total of 220 million cedis (approx. $25,000) monthly on feeding its inmates. According to a mental health nurse at the hospital many of the inmates had been left there by relatives without any visits '' so the issue of food from home does not come in at all.
A source at the MOH indicated that a meeting was held at the ministry on the day of the publication to see how best the issue of lack of funds to feed the inmates of the hospital could be solved without further delay.
A doctor at the psychiatric hospital who wishes not to be named said, ''as we walk now, if we do not not have money by the close if friday, we can not feed the patients. And yet everybody knows that we do not carry out the cash and carry policy here so we do not generate income .
He explained that recently the hospital was forced to spend the little money it had on training health assistants and furthermore, that this money had not been reimbursed.
This situation had reduced the inmates per day from three to two. The hospital staff have therefore called on people in the position to help to do their best in support of mental health care in Ghana to help save the inmates from imminent hunger.
If this article has touched you and you know someone with mental illness, do use the many voluntary charities and organizations to make a donation for mental health patients in Ghana.
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The Acting chief of the hospital said that the ministry provided some funds to feed the inmates. The amount provided was enough to feed the inmates for only two to three weeks. On Friday, 22 september 2006, about 1,050 inmates of the hospital might go without food if the hospital did not receive funds from the government.
The Acting chief said, the hospital spent a total of 220 million cedis (approx. $25,000) monthly on feeding its inmates. According to a mental health nurse at the hospital many of the inmates had been left there by relatives without any visits '' so the issue of food from home does not come in at all.
A source at the MOH indicated that a meeting was held at the ministry on the day of the publication to see how best the issue of lack of funds to feed the inmates of the hospital could be solved without further delay.
A doctor at the psychiatric hospital who wishes not to be named said, ''as we walk now, if we do not not have money by the close if friday, we can not feed the patients. And yet everybody knows that we do not carry out the cash and carry policy here so we do not generate income .
He explained that recently the hospital was forced to spend the little money it had on training health assistants and furthermore, that this money had not been reimbursed.
This situation had reduced the inmates per day from three to two. The hospital staff have therefore called on people in the position to help to do their best in support of mental health care in Ghana to help save the inmates from imminent hunger.
If this article has touched you and you know someone with mental illness, do use the many voluntary charities and organizations to make a donation for mental health patients in Ghana.
For your property in Ghana recommendation just visit us at www.cedez.com . We build, develop and sell properties in Ghana at very affordable prices.
For rentals in Accra, Ghana, please contact us at our email info@cedez.com
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