Cebu medical staff to undergo drug rehab training
MEDICAL personnel in Cebu will undergo seminars and trainings to better provide interventions for drug users who surrendered to authorities.
Dr. Niño Ismael Pastor of the Provincial Health Office said there are 40,000 drug dependents in Cebu province who surrendered and 10 percent of them need to undergo rehabilitation.
He said Cebu only has 11 rehabilitation facilities which cannot fully accommodate them all.
Psychiatrist Edwin Menguito of the PHO said they only have 200 personnel to help thousands of users.
“I don’t think they can handle four thousand patients plus others who also need treatments like the outpatients although they are not going to be admitted (in a rehabilitation facility). But we will still do outpatient rehab in respective barangays and/or municipalities,” Menguito said.
The PHO said they will monitor those who undergo rehab to ensure their full recovery and conduct drug testing twice a week.
Those who violate the conditions of their rehabilitation will be jailed, Menguito said.
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