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City Gov’t To Roll Out Mental Health Program

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Mayor Beng Climaco last Monday disclosed that her administration is currently moving for the formulation of a mental health program in answer to the rising number of suicide cases in the city.

“Our local government had requested the City Budget Office to study the program together with our mental health professionals,” the mayor said during her regular virtual press briefer last Monday.

The said mental health program, the city chief executive shared, will include, among others, trainings to prevent suicide cases in Zamboanga.

City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite for her part attributed the rise in the number of suicide incidents in the city to the stress brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“With what is happening right now due to the pandemic, this contributes to our stress. Those who cannot cope with or handle the stress well get depressed and some of them commit suicide,” Dr. Miravite said.

The city health officer further shared that a team of medical officers from the City Health Office (CHO) and other related agencies have already met to discuss and come up with a program addressing mental health issues.

“Hopefully in the coming days we would be able to roll this out in the 98 barangays,” said the city official.

The city has recorded over twenty (20) suicide cases for this year.

(Source: Virtual press briefer of Mayor Beng Climaco | Press release from city government)

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