Psychiatric patients living in homes for the elderly

2011-11-29

AROUND 300 former patients of the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital are currently living in old people’s homes due to the lack of halfway houses, with MPs yesterday expressing their outrage at the lack of progress made in assisting patients’ integration into society.

Speaking after the House human rights committee’s discussion on the matter yesterday, EDEK’s Roulla Mavronicola said there were virtually no plans in place by the state to support patients with psychiatric problems.

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