..Mental Health Authority also faces shutdown due to donor cut. Ghana’s entire mental health system is being threatened by financial crisis as donor funding, which has been driving the sector, is set to be cut off by the end of … Read more →
The three public psychiatric hospitals are indebted to various organisations to the tune of GH¢13 million. The debt, which has resulted from the purchase of medicines, food, facilities maintenance, among other services, was incurred between 2012 and 2015. The three … Read more →
The Accra psychiatric hospital, a facility built to care for the mental health needs of Ghanaians, has become an escape route for suspected criminals many of who have been sent there on the orders of the court for mental examination. … Read more →
Psychiatric Hospitals in the country will from next week stop admitting patients if funds are not released for the running of the facilities, Dr Akwasi Osei, Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, has said. “While the mental health … Read more →
The three major public psychiatric hospitals in the country; Accra, Pantang and Ankaful psychiatric hospitals are likely to close down in two days.