Senator Wants Govt to Give Priority to Mental Health
The senator representing Sokoto East senatorial district Ibrahim Gobir
on Tuesday expressed the need to give attention to people with mental
challenges.
He stated this at Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH) Kware,
Sokoto state when he paid a courtesy visit to the management of the
hospital.
The senator called on government to give attention to psychiatric
facilities in order to ensure desirable impacts in the administration
of mental health across the country.
The lawmaker expressed satisfaction with the state of facilities and
good managerial leadership of Dr Shehu Sale at FNPH, Kware in
compliance with modern standards.
” I am delighted with the level of development so far recorded in the
hospital under the leadership of able Board Chairman Dr. Iheanyi
Nwachuku, and Medical Director, Dr Shehu Sale.
”I am overwhelmed by the state-of-the-art equipment, manpower and
infrastructure in the hospital.
” This has demonstrated Dr Sale’s commitment to the development of the
hospital and the speciality which will surely translate to enhanced
productivity and efficient services to Nigerian populace as well as
overall development of mental health,” Gobir stated.
Kware Hospital has good hands, modern tools and facilities, besides
being the mist most affordable in the country.
Gobir said National Assembly would support the hospital by
facilitating more government attention to sustain the laudable
initiatives and routine activities.
Responding, Dr Sale commended Gobir for the visit which, he said, had
demonstrated his concern and urged him to use his position in bring
more development to the hospital.
The Medical Director said Sen. Aliyu Wamakko and house member Ahmad
Kalambaina had facilitated infrastructural projects in FNPH Kware
through their constituency projects allocation, which greatly enhanced
the hospital’s face-lift.
” FNPH Kware is fully accredited with Postgraduate Medical College of
Nigeria and met the requirements of speciality training of medical
doctors across the country beside, running School of Post Basic
Nursing in Psychiatric, ” Dr Sale said.
Sale lauded the federal government for supporting the hospital and
appealed for release of appropriated funds to the hospital.
The medical director called on people to access the facility and
cautioned them against seeking alternative therapy and patronizing
unprofessional healers adding that accessing mental health at early
stage helps to solve the perceived mental challenges.
He decried the fact that mental health had not been given adequate
attention globally, compared to other areas such as HIV/AIDS and
Malaria.
Dr Sale along with other directors went round with visiting Senator to
inspect hospital wards and other departments.