Conditions at Accra’s psychiatric hospital remain appalling

August 16th, 2007 · No Comments

By Sammy Darko (Producer: Darrell Harvey)

Accra psychiatric hospital continues to deteriorate despite alarm bells raised by mental health advocates last year about the appalling conditions there. Hundreds of patients squeeze into wards meant for a couple of dozen, leaving many to sleep on the bare concrete floors, beside the stench of open sewers. Water is scarce. Overcrowding and other problems are compounded by a lack of vehicles to transport recovered patients back to their homes around the country. And as Sammy Darko reports, all this means it’s taking longer for patients to get better.

Air date: August 16, 2007

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