‘Help mental patients lead normal lives’
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First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa viewing the exhibits
presented by mental patients. Picture by Lalith
Welivitigoda |
“It is the duty of the people to build a friendly atmosphere to
enable mental patients to lead a normal life as ordinary citizens
without marginalizing them from society,” First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa
said.
She was speaking as the chief guest at a ceremony to mark World
Mental Health Day organized by the Mulleriyawa Mental Health Science
School on Friday.
The First Lady also opened an exhibition of handicrafts and other
artistic creations made by inmates of the Mental Hospital. A press
release by the Media Coordinating office of the First Lady said this
year’s theme of World Mental Health Day was “dispel sorrow from the
world”.
The First Lady viewed the exhibits and appreciated the creations
presented by the mental patients. She thanked the National Health
Science School and the Mental Hospital Director and staff for organizing
exhibitions and workshops and added that organizing events of this
nature and enabling mental patients to reintegrate into society as
normal citizens was a meritorious deed.
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