“Mental health”: Corona patients attempted suicide in “isolation hospitals” (details)

The General Secretariat for Mental Health said that the psychological support team went to isolation hospitals, the last period, to support the wounded and the medical team and provide treatment and psychological support during that period, and through the debate carried out by the mental health team for 12 isolation hospitals, many symptoms were discovered in those hospitals such as (anxiety – fear – difficulty sleeping – psychotic symptoms – loss of appetite – symptoms of mania – symptoms of depression – thoughts and attempts at suicide ), it turns out that cases range from simple to severe and severe, including cases of panic, psychosis, and suicide which is undoubtedly called Immediate admission to the doctor.

The psychological assistance service also received 1,047 phone calls during the month of April from the beginning of April to the end of the service (the service is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week).

The General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment thanked the members of the Municipality and its hospitals for the efforts made while they were in quarantine hospitals and for the psychological support they provide to the medical teams and other psychiatric tasks assigned to them. to patients, and praised their important and prominent role that hospitals and teams witnessed and mentioned on More than one occasion

And she dr. Mannin Abdel-Maksoud, Secretary General of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, the safety of your doctors is an irreversible priority, and this amounts to a recommendation to refuse to interfere or withdraw from work if there is a failure in the procedures infection control.

He added that the General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment provided psychological support services in isolated hospitals through direct communication with managers and doctors, in addition to opening the door to service by direct line 24 hours a day, seven days a day. the week, but it was impossible to communicate with the cases, and also the presence of some very serious cases. Or is it not possible that it is difficult to communicate with her by phone or Internet?

And he continued: with the consultation of experts and the evaluation of the medical situation within the isolation hospitals with the carrying out of exploratory visits by specialists with experience in psychological support from the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, the situation was monitored from the ground and needs were evaluated and it was found that it was necessary to be inside the hospitals, which showed its importance in the daily statistics provided by the treatment teams.

The General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment announced some figures during this period, namely:

During the month of April, the psychological support hotline service received 1047 phone calls from the beginning of April to the end of the service (the service is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week).

The provision of mental health services from April 19 to 29 (10 days), with 12 isolation hospitals in the Republic for 149 patients with isolation hospitals, and the symptoms that appeared in the wounded in isolation hospitals were among:

(Anxiety – fear – difficulty sleeping – psychotic symptoms – loss of appetite – symptoms of mania – symptoms of depression – thoughts and attempts at suicide).

The drug has been prescribed for 68 cases that required pharmacological intervention, otherwise provide treatment sessions according to each individual case.

It turns out that cases range from mild to severe to severe, including cases of panic, psychosis, and suicide, which certainly require immediate medical intervention.

The Secretariat stated that there is no negligence on the part of the honorable Egyptian physicians in the performance of the duties required of them by duty and medical conscience at critical moments.