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KAMPALA – Parliamentary Commissioner and Nyendo – Mukungwe Member of Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has known as on authorities to plan for psychological well being companies in all its departments and businesses.
Mpuuga mentioned the identical efforts ought to ultimately be unfold to the non-public sector simply as it’s within the case of HIV/AIDS.
“One of many greatest approaches that curtailed HIV/AIDS was mainstreaming it in all sectors and all actions. Now we will attest to a really critical discount within the unfold of HIV/AIDS. Is it laborious to do the identical for psychological well being in all we do? Mpuuga questioned.
Mpuuga made this name on the opening of the psychological well being camp at Parliament on Tuesday, 21 Could 2023.
Mpuuga additionally desires authorities to answer the occasional psychological well being drug stockouts at Butabika Nationwide Referral Hospital.
The Chairperson for the Parliamentary Discussion board on Psychological Well being, Geoffrey Macho mentioned that further funds are required to help Butabika Hospital which he mentioned lacks fundamental wants like lodging for sufferers.
“In case any supplementary funds is tabled, the hospital must be thought of being the one nationwide referral hospital dealing with psychological well being,” Macho mentioned including that, ‘it was deliberate for 400 sufferers however now they’ve greater than 1200 sufferers who go to an extent of preventing for mattresses’.
He reiterated the necessity for Parliament to fast-track the Alcohol Management Invoice which he feared could be ‘fought’ by the breweries corporations.
The Assistant Commissioner for Psychological Well being on the Ministry of Well being, Dr. Hafsa Lukwata re-echoed the urgency for Parliament to course of the Alcohol Management Invoice, noting that substance abuse is the main explanation for psychological well being sickness among the many youth.
Among the Members of Parliament and the general public on the occasion within the Parliament gardens.
The Deputy Director of Butabika Hospital, Dr. Byamah Mutamba on his half requested for elevated funding to have the ability to attain out to communities, a method he says would cut back sufferers on the oversubscribed Butabika.
“As a nationwide referral hospital, it’s our mandate to take companies to major well being care centres and in communities. This fashion, we’d not have many sufferers on the hospital,” mentioned Dr Mutamba.
