‘20 out of 30 districts of Sindh not providing mental health facilities’
National
February 2, 2021
SUKKUR: As many as 20 out of 30 districts of Sindh do not have mental health facilities, while one of the most underprivileged districts, Tharparkar, has taken the lead to initiate the provision of sustained mental health programme through a network of health workforce.
During the concluding ceremony of a three-day training workshop on ‘Telehelp Services on Mental Health’, Chairman, Sindh Mental Health Authority (SMHA), Senator Dr Karim Khawaja, said the mental health facilities would be provided through a multi-level partnership, including SMHA, Thar Foundation, Sindh Health Department, Civil Hospital Mithi, Sir Cowasjee Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Hyderabad (SCIPBS), and Liaquat University of Medical & Health Licenses (LUMHS). He said the services would connect the mental health patients with the health professionals at various levels through a netw