Western Cape adds another psychiatric unit as drug abuse puts pressure on mental health services
Mental healthcare services in the Western Cape public health sector will be boosted by a new psychiatric wing being built by the provincial government in one of the overburdened regions. Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo, who visited the construction site of the R86m Eerste River Acute Psychiatric Unit on Friday, said the 30-bed wing is expected to be ready by the end of 2024. The 30 beds will bring some relief […]