Mental health is as real as our physical health. When we catch a cold, have high fevers or suffer from bad migraine attacks, our next immediate step would be to visit the doctor for a consultation and get treated. However,...
People don’t talk about depression and that makes it very difficult to ask for help. I knew I wasn’t like other women when I watched others around me. I felt very alone although I have a large family living in...
The painful reality of our healthcare system has left so many infected patients to fend for themselves. However, the rapidly increasing death rate proves that this is not an option. As the days go by, our loved ones are being...
“We are currently underfunded, understaffed, underpaid, overworked, overstretched, and our facilities overcrowded with patients.” The above was posted by our Director General of Health, Noor Hisham Abdullah. Not today, not yesterday. Not in recent times. This was on his social media page, in July...
On the 5th of August 2021, the ReachOut initiative hosted an online event to discuss Detecting and Treating Depression in Primary Care. The emcee of the night, Sharveena Daniel, started off the session with a brief introduction of the National...