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"content": "This same Bill talks about providing the necessary resources for mental healthcare and national referral facilities. It also talks about adoption of a comprehensive national strategy action plan and policies to promote realization of rights of persons with mental illness under Article 43 of the Constitution. It also talks about maintaining standards for health facilities. It is very important to have standards for mental health facilities. There should be minimum standards for each mental health facility. Sometimes people set up mental health facilities that do not even meet minimum standards. As a result, patients who are taken there end up worse than they were before. This Bill speaks to me passionately because it meticulously addresses many issues. It talks about the number of qualified health professionals required to serve in a mental health facility, the quantity of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment required, medication and the method of care, rehabilitation and treatment administered to persons with mental illness. These are issues that are extremely important if we have to handle mental health issues. The Bill also talks about developing programmes for rehabilitating persons with mental illness. The list is quite long. It must have taken Sen. Kasanga quite a long time to come up with all these issues. She goes ahead and talks about the role of county governments in handling mental healthcare, allocating funds, rehabilitation centers and resources to ensure that all this is done. All these will also improve access to people with mental health issues."
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