Wednesday, May 10, 2023 12:56 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population announced that doctors and nursing teams will be increased to provide psychological support and counseling services, through evaluation, initial support, or referral, to returning Egyptians and displaced siblings from a country. Sudanthrough the hospitals of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the services of the emergency teams for psychological support in hospitals (Al-Sadaqa, Abu Simbel International, and Aswan for Mental Health) have been strengthened to receive the Sudanese and Egyptian brothers who arrived at the borders of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Abdul Ghaffar indicated that the services of the hotline 16328 of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Treatment addictionIn addition to the services of the national electronic platform for mental health, it is available to those who come to the country in need of psychological inquiries or support
For her part, Dr. Menen Abdel-Maksoud, Secretary-General of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, stated that the hotline team and the national platform for mental health services are being trained on the “Bridging the Gap” program in cooperation with the World Health Organization, to train non-psychiatry specialists to integrate mental health services and accommodate more patients.
Monan Abdel-Maksoud stated that these services come within the framework of the political leadership’s keenness to support fraternal relations between peoples, in a way that helps brothers overcome crises and tribulations.
It is worth noting that, according to the directives of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, since the beginning of the crisis, a clinic has been prepared for “psychological support” for children, women and all those coming from the state of Sudan.
2023-05-10 09:56:00
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