Osagie Ehanire, minister of
health, says the decrepit state of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba,
Lagos will be investigated.
Ehanire made this known via
Twitter, on Wednesday.
“This will be looked into
immediately,” he tweeted.
This will be looked into immediately https://t.co/UbLQKPsTRm— Osagie Ehanire (@OsagieEhanire) January 22, 2020
Soyombo went undercover as a
patient of the neuropsychiatric hospital to reveal the rot in one of Nigeria’s
mental institutions.
He spent 10 days on admission in
the hospital tracking corruption at the centre — after going in as a drug
addict requiring rehabilitation.
He documented his experiences on
the failed rehabilitation programme, on corrupt officials as well as the low
quality of service delivery at the facility.
Soyombo recorded the difficulties
involved in securing a bed space and having to pay a bribe to get one.
Quoting a medical doctor at the
hospital, he was told that the centre does not have a well-developed
rehabilitation centre as a patient may go for days without seeing a
psychologist.
He also narrated how the hospital
was infested with big rats and mosquitoes that could cause outbreak of
diseases, and the unpalatable food that patients are served despite paying a
high cost for feeding.
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