PHOTOS – First Lady Margaret Kenyatta Opens New Mental Hospital in Nairobi
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Thursday appealed for greater national focus on mental illnesses by stakeholders in the health sector.
The First Lady said mental health should be given the same priority as other medical conditions noting that, with proper attention, mental illnesses are treatable.
“It (mental sicknesses) can be treated and many people we know have recovered enough to lead healthy lives. Yet, too many individuals are being left to deal with these issues on their own, and many face complicating life circumstances like drug and alcohol addiction, confinement or abandonment. We must do a better job. We must not accept this,” First Lady Margaret Kenyatta said.