The Ministry of Health and Population revealed an increase in the number of medical facilities licensed to treat people with mental illness and addiction patients, and registered with all regional councils of the National Council for Mental Health, to 141, in addition to the inspection of 28 new facilities, until the end of the first half of 2023.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed that the number of specialist doctors and consultants who applied for registration, and were registered in the records of the National Council for Mental Health, increased to 764 doctors, and the number of inspection doctors in the regional councils for mental health increased to 92 doctors.
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, indicated that the inspection campaigns organized by the National Council for Mental Health, in partnership with the General Administration for Drug Control, succeeded in closing 17 work centers without a license, noting that the number of beds under the supervision of the National Council for Mental Health amounted to 10,418 beds.
He said, “We aim to ensure that patients’ rights are fully implemented, with an urgent response to complaints submitted by the patient.”
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that the electronic platform for mental health and addiction treatment aims to provide free mental health and addiction treatment services for all age groups, Egyptians and non-Egyptians residing in Egypt, which is the first of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean region, calling on all citizens to Visit the platform and benefit from the various services provided by the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment via the following link: here..
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the state pays great attention to mental health services and addiction treatment, and continued: We aim to improve psychological support services, psychological counseling and addiction treatment, and work to educate citizens on how to obtain medical consultations related to mental health, through the electronic platform.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar added that the number of electronic questionnaires that were conducted by users exceeded 30,000 questionnaires, while the number of “virtual” treatment sessions that were provided to visitors to the platform amounted to more than 5,300 sessions.
For her part, Dr. Menen Abdel-Maksoud, Secretary-General of the Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, said that the percentage of visitors to the platform was 57% of females, compared to 43% of males, stressing that the visitors to the platform included 18% of married couples, compared to 82% of unmarried couples.
Abdel Maksoud indicated that most of the age groups that used the platform ranged from 15 to 25 years, while the percentage of non-working users reached 60% compared to 40% of workers at the level of the governorates of the Republic.
2023-07-04 17:30:00
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