Saturday, 6 June 2015

Health is Decency and Stabilty: 20.000.000 Nigerians Suffer from Mental Illnesses


Health is wealth they say; I will also say health is decency and stability. If approximately 20.000.000 out of population of approximately 170.000.000 are suffering for mental illnesses, it means approximately one out of seven is affected. With this massive figure, there are just less than 200 Psychiatrists in the whole country, meaning many of those suffering from mental illness are without professional help; this got me thinking.

What is the government doing to encourage more professionals in this field? When people are healthy especially mentally, there will be wealth, decency, stability, orderliness and consistency in the system. I hope the government will pay attention into these illnesses which also affect some top officials, hence they make poor decisions in the law of the nation.

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