LeoDeKing:
Long overdue

Raskimonojendor:
They really need it. This may stop the presidential candidate of labour party to stop taking advice from the mad man below.

It's an emergency need. FG kindly let us read.. "President Bola Tinubu commissions 1000 psychiatric hospitals in the southeast" soonest.

Well thought out. This is a good step in the right direction

The FG should try as a matter of urgency to build 15 psychiatric outposts in each state for reasons best known to every sane people in Nigeria right now.

Gajagojo:
So who go come dey advise Obi

It's to his advantage. At least he can easily constitute his advisory committee without having to go around looking for members for it.

LegendHero:
Buhari just hate the SE.

Why will he build only 15? They need nothing less than 50 across the SE.

Peter Obi will be really sad now. Who will now advise him if all mad men are taken off the streets?

It's to his advantage. At least he can formally write the institutes to select an advisory committee for him from the inmates.

ArewaNorth:
The Federal Government is poised to enhance mental health in the South East with the establishment of 15 outposts in the five states of the zone.

Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Monday Igwe, disclosed this at a press briefing shortly after he resumed office following his re-appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term of four years.

He explained the outposts would be located in each of the senatorial districts, noting that the essence was to make access to mental health services easier for the people of the zone.

He disclosed nine out of the 15 proposed outposts had been completed and equipped and would be operational soonest with ambulances readily available to convey patients to Enugu in major cases.

Igwe said: “This hospital is the only psychiatric facility in the entire South East region. It is also the only facility that is made to train doctors and nurses in psychiatry. It is also the only facility that offers research in terms of mental health in the South East. It is also our mandate to give clinical services to people that have mental illnesses.

“The hospital also is available for the people of South South and some parts of North Central region of the country. So, if we don’t do well, we will be leaving Nigerians to suffer. That’s why we want to make this place to be the best and centre of excellence in mental health practice.

“There are a number of ways to actualise this. Since many people live very far away from Enugu State, we want to make sure our 15 newly built outposts in South East are operational.

“We have ensured each of the 15 senatorial districts in the South East has one outpost. We have successfully completed and equipped nine of the outposts while the rest are still ongoing.

“Those ones we have completed are going to be activated. We are going to post our staff there.”

The medical director received a rousing welcome from staff of the hospital, where he thanked the president for finding him worthy of another tenure in office.

Igwe took over a fractured health institution four years ago and has made efforts to restore the lost glory of the hospital.

https://sunnewsonline.com/fg-to-build-15-psychiatric-outposts-in-south-east/

they really needs it

samunaka:


Wao, this is a very timely project, I hope he will complete them before the tribunal finish sitting

When will this project be concluded

We need it asap