HCM City lacks mental health resourcesAbout 16% of HCM City population have mental problems while the city lacks facilities for the patients. The HCM City Mental Health HospitalAt a meeting with the city people's council on April 10, Trinh Tat Thang, director of HCM City Mental Health Hospital, said that the number of out and in-patients increases by 10-15% annually. Despite the increasing number of patients, HCM City Mental Health Hospital only have 500 beds and 61 doctors. "No one wants to go to work at the mental health hospital because of low wages and poor infrastructure," Thang said. Le Truong Giang chairman of the City Public Health Association, said people face more pressure and mental health problems as a country urbanises.

Source: VietNamNet News April 11, 2018 04:18 UTC