I had earlier posted that the government of Plateau state is closing down the above named centre.I also asked what will happen to those patients in the place after the closure.Well the good news is that the state government is making effort to ensure that there is a ward for these folks at the Vom Christian Hospital where they are going to be managed for a period of about three months with all expenses of managing them being borne by the state government.It is hoped that by the end of this period,a good number of them would have made remarkable improvement as to be able to recollect their homes and relatives and effort will then be made to reunite them with their people.
You must agree with me that this is really nice on the part of the government.It shows a lot of commitment to service and the overall well-being and health of the people.However,after the expertion of these three month period,what happens.Although I have never been to the Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Home,but I believe(from what I heard about the story of that place)that it could still be put at better use by the government if only they will re-organize the place and run it in collaboration with the department of Psychiatry,Jos University Teaching Hospital.Surely the state government can also help in that regard to boost up Mental Health facilities and services present in the state given the overstretched nature of the facilities in JUTH.
So,while I commend the government of Plateau state for this decision in the short term,I am appealing for a long term decision of establishing a Rehabilitation Centre in the State and further boost up Psychiatry facilites in the state.
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I know in this part of the world and especially in the US when state hospitals were shut down the prison population exploded and the number of homeless increased substantially. At the beginning they had a great plan unfortunately never follow through with it. Interesting blog.
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