Sensitise the public on mental ailment to aid the fight against COVID-19—-Mr Appiah-Kubi to government

Sensitise the public on mental ailment to aid the fight against COVID-19—-Mr Appiah-Kubi to government

The Chief Executive Officer of Think About Mentally Challenged Person Near You (TAMeC PeNY), Evans Appiah-Kubi has reiterated the need for government to champion education on mental illness in the country to support the fight against COVID-19.

According to him, mental disorder was also claiming lives and minds of youth and expressed the need for government to alleviate a portion of the COVID-19 Trust Fund to enhance its education.

Speaking to Spot On News in an exclusive interview yesterday in Accra, Mr Appiah-Kubi explained that youth were engine to economic growth and when their minds are trained they would contribute to the developmental agenda of the country.

He noted that the fight against COVID-19 would not be a success if mentally challenged persons were being isolated from government’s intervention plans.

“I appreciate the government’s efforts kept at combating this COVID 19, especially giving relieves and other supports to most sectors of the economy and other citizenry of Ghana to signify care giving. But he must do more for people suffering from mental disorders to protect them against this pandemic,” he added.

Mr Appiah-Kubi  observed that the support and effort structured by the government was recording lots of defects, stressing that the public should be trained against activities that would prone them into mental ailment to enrich their minds in order for them to know their purpose on earth and their contributions to national development.

That, he said would forecast economic growth and shape the developmental story of the country.

Supporting those living with mental disorders, Mr Appiah-Kubi maintained would encourage them and speed up their recovery, stressing that philanthropists and other government officials as a matter of urgency should donate to secure the lives of the mentally challenged persons.

“If the government and other individuals start to think and support mentally challenged persons in the fight against COVID-19, it will improve the total health of the people,” he added.

BY JOYCELINE NATALLY CUDJOE