Psycho patients to be collected for treatment, care

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Complaints Hearing says it will collect mentally ill and psycho patients (both male and female) and hand them over to the Red Crescent Society for treatment and care as per a special order of the Islamic Emirate leadership.

In a statement, the ministry said it has been tasked with protecting the metal patients (male and female) and creating a healthy and peaceful society through their treatment.

It said insane people (male or female) found throughout the country, must be collected and handed over to the Afghan Red Crescent Society departments for treatment and care.

The ministry asked the public to share information about this with the provincial governors and district ombudsmen.

The ministry wrote that people could also contact the toll-free number 191 in this regard.

The statement said that the Ministry of Public Health has given necessary instructions to all ombudsmen to pay attention to decency, humanity, and Islamic principles in the care of these patients and to avoid any kind of negligence.

All Red Crescent-related departments have also been obliged to make serious efforts in the treatment, hospitalization, and care of these patients.

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