Make medication, treatment of mental illness free — Lions Club

The President of the Tema Supreme International Lions Club, Mr Allan Doegah, has appealed to the government to make the treatment and medication of mental diseases free.

That, he said, would ensure that many of the people suffering from mental illness, roaming on the streets, would be cured and be reunited with their families.

Mr Doegah also appealed to families to pay particular attention to relatives with mental disorders by providing them with the needed medication.

He made the appeal in Ho when teams of the club from Tema, Accra and the Volta Region fed people with mental illness on the streets of Ho to mark the club’s International Mental Health Day.

Mr Doegah said the experience the team had in Ho showed that the situation of some of the mentally sick persons were not too bad, and could be cured if families provided them with regular medical care.

According to him, the group again encountered another interesting development when one of the mentally sick persons was able to identify one of the team members after receiving his breakfast and shouted, “you, you,” pointing at one of the team members, “I know you,” and mentioned his name — which Mr Doegah said buttressed his early assertion that some of them could be cured.

Mr Doegah and the team later presented 165 high visibility vests to the Volta Regional Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) at the total cost of GH₵40,000.00 to improve police visibility on the roads at night.

He said the gesture formed part of contributions from the International Lions Club through individual members to support the police MTTD to deliver their mandate effectively on roads in the region.

The Deputy Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Joseph Owusu Ansah, who received the items, thanked the International Lions Club members for the gesture, saying people did not want to support and associate with the police and support them.

Mr Ansah said the police was mandated to ensure total security and did not engage in any income generating activities, therefore cherished individuals, groups and organisations that support and promote their activities.

From Samuel Agbewode, Ho

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