Drug rehab programmes to be established in Berbice

Jan 26, 2009 News

Rehabilitation programmes for substance abusers will be established at the New Amsterdam, Port Mourant and Skeldon Hospitals during the course of next month.

Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, at a press conference on Saturday, said that these programmes will be managed by public health workers and volunteers from non governmental organizations (NGO’s).

“The NGO’s will help to mobilize clients; and in this case, I thank the Salvation Army and the Phoenix Recovery Programme for their residential programmes, and we will continue to support these programmes,” Minister Ramsammy said.

However, he urged members of the public to support the public programmes by the Ministry of Health, as he explained that there is no charge for clients to register in such ventures.

To this end, Dr. Ramsammy called on the media to promote the newly established programmes by the Government, in an effort to attract more clients.

At the Georgetown Public Hospital, it was noted that the rehabilitation programme has picked up from two persons per month to about five to seven persons per month in the last quarter of 2008.

“There are thousands of persons who need this service. When we talk about our rehab programme, we are not only talking about cocaine, marijuana and other kinds of drugs… we are also talking about alcohol. In fact, in most countries, the larger parts of the population seeking help are those with alcohol problems. And that is what we find in Guyana. We want to ensure that the GPHC has an average monthly intake of 12 new clients,” Minister Ramsammy explained.

He added that the month of January has been a slow one for the hospital as it relates to receiving clients for the rehab programme, but he hopes that, now that the holidays are over, people would start coming in.

“Most of the time, the clients don’t seek help on their own. They need family, community and the churches’ support…and this is the problem that we face.”

Meanwhile, it was also noted that a total of forty persons from the health sector, NGO’s and churches will undergo training in Motivational Therapy Basic Practice and Motivational Interviewing Therapy, along with training in the Structured Relapse Programme.

These persons will be from Region Five, while ten persons from Georgetown will also be trained as trainers, so that they can carry on the overall training across Guyana.

Latest News

Drug rehab programmes to be established in Berbice

Related

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | January, 27th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

KARCC hails 2025 Guyana-Suriname Group Ride a massive success

Cricket West Indies Launches Bold New Scouting...

Berbice Educational High CSEC Physical Education...

GSL 2025 to take place in July

Ken Harvey dominates GBA’s Pepsi/Michael...

Goal is Money survive scare on Opening Night of...

Features/Columnists

The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus

Straight talk

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]

Drug rehab programmes to be established in Berbice

Share this:

Related

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | January, 27th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]