SANDEF Supports Gov Adeleke’s Efforts, Donates Beds, Pillows Cases, Other To Mental Department Of State Hospital

As part of its efforts to support people with mental illness , a non-governmental organization, Sage and Enamel Foundation, SANDEF, donated ten mattresses, ten pillows and ten bedsheets to mental department of the Osun State Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.

The foundation’s Executive Director,Dr. Fikayo Benson, who presented the items co-sponsored by Adeniyi Adediran on Friday to the hospital said the gesture was to support the hospital’s bedding in order to admit more mental patients.

Benson noted that everybody has one mental illness or the other that they are trying to work, added that the foundation took upon itself to support efforts of the state government in providing accessable medical services to mental patients in the state.

He also lauded the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration for allowing them to execute the project saying “the current administration in Osun State is trying it’s best because if they have not given us the approval to use the State Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo, we would not be able to do what we are doing today.

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“Basically, we have three phases of what we do. Today, is just one of our initiatives, the smiling soul initiatives which is the phase one, phase two and phase three.

“Phase one is just coming every week to subside the hospital bill of people living with mental illness of our subjects.

“On phase two, we come to the hospital, adopt a subject and take care of all their medical bill. This is currently going on at the state hospital.

“The phase three which is one of the reasons why we provided the bed because we want to expand as much as possible because if this place is not expanded, there is no way out own vision will be expanded as well.

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“So what we are doing in phase three is to pick people with mental illness off the streets, check them into the mental health hospital, pay for their medical bill, get them well and re-integrate them back into the society.”

Chief Consultant Psychiatrist of the State Hospital, Asubiaro, Dr Dare Folasade, applauded SANDEF for supporting the hospital over the past one year.

Dr Folasade expressed her delight to the foundation saying “I am highly excited that apart from the fact that he’s been giving us support in terms of medication, a long term patients in the ward will benefit from SANDEF.

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“As from today, they will have very comfortable bed to use, and this particular donation can serve a lot of people for many years.

“It is not just a gift but one that we will receive with the whole of our heart and on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Hospital Management Board, I want to say a big thank you to the CEO of SANDEF and to the team who have been up and doing.”

She further noted that the donated materials will impact positively in his work by making it more easier.

While giving professional education on some of the causes of mental illness, Dr Folasade she this sickness occurs due to multiple factors.

She explained that the factors can be social, economical and genetic.

The genetic factor is the most important factor while social and economic factors remain the most dangerous.

According to the doctor “Some people can have the inherited gene of mental illness and never break down because the social environment is good.

“So if you have a situation where the environment is not good and toxic, where the financial status is upside down, where the businesses are not going, invariably by inference is most likely going to increase the rate of mental illness” she added.