Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital
| Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Sponsorship | Ministry of Health and Sanitation |
| place |
Freetown , Sierra Leone
|
| Coordinates | 8 ° 27 '55 " N , 13 ° 11' 38" W |
| beds | 400 |
| founding | 1820, 1827 or 1847 |
| Website | health.gov.sl |
The Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital ( SLPTH ; in German about Psychiatric Teaching Hospital Sierra Leone ), until mid-2020 Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital (German about Psychiatric Hospital Sierra Leones ) is the only psychiatric hospital in Sierra Leone, West Africa . It is located in the Kissy district of the capital Freetown and is considered the oldest facility of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa .
The hospital has 400 beds (as of 2011) or 150 beds (as of 2016) in 10 departments. The hospital was very popular because of the increasing drug and alcohol abuse during the civil war in Sierra Leone . This year only 100 beds were occupied due to lack of finances. The demand in the country is estimated at up to 550,000 people.
The facility is commonly referred to in Krio as the Crase Yard (cf. English crazy and yard ), the place for the lunatic .
On June 4, 2019, the renovated and expanded hospital was opened to the public and presented as a teaching hospital as part of medical training.
background
The Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital was set up and initially operated by the Anglican Church . Since its founding in 1820, 1827 or 1847 until 2006 it was called Kissy Mental Home , Kissy Lunatic Asylum and Kissy Mental Hospital, respectively . In 2006 the facility was realigned and modernized with funds from the Islamic Development Bank . In the early years, patients from all neighboring countries were treated here before similar facilities were set up there.
Incidents
The hospital has been working with the most difficult hygienic and supply problems since at least the beginning of the 2010s. There is hardly any food, hardly any trained staff and numerous patients are permanently in chains.
All 111 patients had their chains removed by mid-2018 and 66 of them were discharged by September of the same year.
literature
- Department of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. , USA 2011. ( available online )
- David Winter, Rachel Brown, Stephanie Goins et al : Trauma, Survival and Resilience in War Zones: The psychological impact of war in Sierra Leone and beyond , Routledge, London / New York 2016, ISBN 978-1-138-79969-1 , P. 171 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Africa's oldest psychiatric hospital a stark reminder of war and a forgotten people. Mail & Guardian, November 22, 2016.
- ↑ David Winter, Rachel Brown, Stephanie Goins et al : Trauma, Survival and Resilience in War Zones: The psychological impact of war in Sierra Leone and beyond , Routledge, London / New York 2016, pp. 172 ff.
- ^ A b The Mental Health Nursing Forum / Commonwealth Nurses Federation Australian Nursing Federation Victorian Branch Melbourne / Australia. , Sierra Leone Nurses Association. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. Department of State, USA 2011, p. 585.
- ^ Celebrating New Possibilities at Sierra Leone's Only Psychiatric Hospital. PIH Canada, June 4, 2020.
- ↑ Emmanuel Akyeampong |: A Historical Overview of Psychiatry in Africa , in: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa , Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2015, p. 28.
- ↑ Roland Brand: Living in Chains: Sierra Leone's Mentally Ill - Worldpress.org ( en ) Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Sierra Leone News: No more chains at rebranded Psychiatric Hospital . Awoko Newspaper. Retrieved April 17, 2020.