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State House Health Summit ends without a single mention of mental health

There is something fundamentally wrong with our society and more so those managing the health sector. How could a whole four hours of health deliberation address of 50 per cent of our health issues and give a blackout to the other 50 per cent.

The Ministry of Health’s Mental Health Policy 2015-2030 echoes World Health Organization’s mantra that “there is no health without mental health”.  The whole summit deliberated solely on physical health as if mental illnesses don’t exist in this country!

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