Commissioner visits psychiatric hospital, laments youths abuse of drugs
By Kemi Olatunde
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Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Awolowo Ajaka has lamented the increasing involvement of youths in abuse of drugs.
He stated this when he paid an unscheduled visit to the state Neuro Psychiatric hospital in Akure.
He noted that the facility should be put in proper shape to attend to the need of patients.
He said that the facility was beyond referring to it as home for mad people, adding that people including important personality need the place to attend to their mental health.
He charged the Chief Medical Director of the facility, Dr. Akinwumi Akinnuoye to present the challenges of the facility to appropriate quarter in order to bring improvement to it.
In his response, Akinnuoye expressed appreciation to the clinical workers of the facility who according to him have been up and doing to ensure service delivery in the facility.
Speaking on the challenges, he said that there has been encroachment of the facility’s land noting that inability to get back the land will hinder standardisation of practice in the facility.
While calling for expansion, he revealed that there has been tremendous increase in patronage in the last few days due to rise in cases of mental health in the country adding that the issue of aggression in patients has become a major concern.
Also speaking, Ikuomola appealed to the commissioner to assist in proffering solution to the challenges and advised that the CMD of the facility continues to show good leadership by ensuring that relative peace was maintained.