UPDATE: Lagos State Government has launched a mental health helpline tagged ‘The Lagos Lifeline’; a tele-Mental Health service that provides Lagos residents with access to psychosocial support, counselling & psychotherapy services free of charge through 09090006463
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The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) said the Lagos Lifeline is a Mental Health Crisis Management service designed to bridge the gap in the availability of mental health service.
@ProfAkinAbayomi noted that the objective of the Lagos Lifeline is geared towards providing improved access to simple diagnostic, counselling, and referral services for Lagosians, either as first point-of-call, or for follow-up care.
Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu has made mental health a priority, and the current administration is poised to increasing access to mental health care at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health infrastructure.
@ProfAkinAbayomi disclosed that the State Government has conceptualized a Mental Health Institute with a capacity for 500 bed psychiatric hospital and 1000 bed rehabilitation Centre at Ketu Ejirin in furtherance of its efforts to improve access to mental health services.
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