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Provision Of Better Health Facilities Top Priority Of Govt: National Assembly Deputy Speaker
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 02, 2018 | 09:59 PM
The Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has said that provision of better health facilities to the masses is the top priority of the incumbent government and Special National Task Force has been constituted to attain this task.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Oct, 2018 ) :The Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has said that provision of better health facilities to the masses is the top priority of the incumbent government and Special National Task Force has been constituted to attain this task. He said that the people suffering from mental illness and depression were needed special attention of the society, said a press release.
He expressed these views while talking to the participants of International Diploma on Mental Health Law and Human Rights organized by Department of Psychology of International Islamic University Islamabad who called on him in Parliament House here Tuesday.
The Deputy Speaker said that disease of depression and mental illness was increasing rapidly and main causes of this disease was social injustices, violence, abuses and terrorism.
Eulogizing the efforts of International Islamic University for organizing Diploma Course on Mental Health and Human Rights, he said that mental health was major problem now a days and to avoid the children to become prey of depression, awareness about it should be initiated at school level.
He said that the doctors and experts relating to mental diseases were doing noble cause. He said that mentally upset people were more vulnerable segment of the society and even their family members neglect them.
However, these people deserve special attention and affection. He said that our little attention can make these people valuable citizen of the society.
He urged upon the doctors to give special attention to mentally depressed people. He assured the participants his all-out support for enactment of law regarding mental health. He asked the participants to give their suggestion in written for formulating laws regarding mental health, their suggestions will be sent to Ministry of Health for preparation of Bill to submit in the National Assembly. He also appreciated the efforts of Dr. Ahsan Naveed President Insaf Sehat Programme.
On this occasion, Vice President and Chairman Psychology Department of International Islamic University Professor Dr. Tahir Khalil thanked the Deputy Speaker and said we have the experts in the field of psychology however the services level are not up to the standard as it should be. He said that the Diploma Course was organized for restoration of that segment of the society which was even ignored by their family members. He said that there is need for amendments in the Ordinance, 2001 about mental health. He urged the need for enactment of Mental Health Act.
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