South Africa: Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital's Acute Mental Unit Finally Opened - Without a Full-Time Psychiatrist

After missing five deadlines to open an acute psychiatric unit at Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, the Eastern Cape department of health finally opened the facility on Thursday, but it lacks a psychiatrist.

The Eastern Cape Health Department said no provision has been made for a psychiatrist post at the Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital's new acute psychiatric unit, which took two years to be opened.

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