Rural level care stressed
Speakers at a press conference yesterday stressed the need for integrating mental health care alongside physical health care service to ensure mentally healthy people in rural areas.
“Every hospital should have a department for specialising in mental health care,” said Prof Dr Golam Rabbani, director of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the conference jointly organised by Ministry of Health and Family Planning, NIMH and World Health Organization.
Being imbued with the slogan “The great push: Investing in mental health” the press conference was organised at Jatiya Press Club marking World Mental Health Day.
Prof Wajiul Alam Chowdhury spoke at the programme, attended by Dr Mustafizur Rahman, Dr Muhit Kamal and Dr Helal Uddin Ahmed.
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