Politics of Wednesday, 14 September 2016Source: adomonline.comMahama stole our psychiatric hospital policy – APCPresident John Dramani MahamaThe All People’s Congress (APC) has accused the Mahama-led administration of stealing their policy which will see more psychiatric hospitals being built in the country. President John Mahama, giving a highlight of the 2016 Manifesto of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Tuesday, said the NDC will add two more Psychiatric Hospitals to the existing ones in Ghana if it wins the December 7 polls. “We will develop the Pantang Mental Hospital to a first class mental health facility” while plans are advanced to relocate that of Accra," he added. The APC has also promised to establish a psychiatric hospital in all ten regions of the country as it outdoors what it describes as its “feasible and doable social intervention policies”. The party believes mental health in the country has been “badly neglected with only three major health facilities” and deserves attention.

Source: GhanaWeb September 14, 2016 08:37 UTC