Given the inaccessibility of mental health services, the tragic state of the NCMH, which Sen. Raffy Tulfo likened to a “pig pen,” seemed like a deadend for Filipinos with mental health illnesses. Read this story by AdrianINQ to know more. INQFocus
She said this was the reason that the World Health Organization encouraged governments to decongest mental hospitals and make mental health services accessible in communities.
STRICKEN WITH SICKNESS, POVERTY. Now calmer, Remedios and Salome try to live a normal life inside their old and crumbling house. PHOTO BY KURT DELA PENAthat it was in the 2000s when Remedios and Salome fell sick, then years later, Martin became sick, too. The condition of the siblings made life tougher, she said, especially since all of them were already in poverty even before the siblings became ill.
Virginia said if access to mental health care did not come late, the condition of the siblings would not have been “worse” and that all of them, especially Remedios, would still have been able to work and provide for the family. He stressed “the need to hold accountable those responsible for corruption or any lapses, negligence, or violations of laws, rules, and regulations governing mental health care services” in the Philippines.
Likewise, there are only 46 out-patient facilities, or 0.05 for every 100,000 population, and 4 community residential facilities, or 0.02 for every 100,000 population: “Mental health [care] remains poorly resourced.”
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