The new accountability team received oral questions from members of the Legislative Council for the first time today (6th), including the new official and the Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao.
After a member made a suggestion on "mental health under the epidemic", he once said to his colleagues, "This is not a question."
Lu Chongmao also said that various district health centers have always provided mental health services, including basic risk assessment for the public. Provide referrals for these people.
At present, district health centers have been established in 14 districts in Hong Kong. In the next few months, they will cover Wong Tai Sin, Southern District, Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan, and cover all 18 districts in Hong Kong within the year, becoming hardware for promoting primary care.
Lam So-wai, a member of the Southeastern New Territories who is a registered social worker, asked the government to consider setting up "community mental health centres" in all 18 districts in Hong Kong to provide one-stop psychological support services for the public, including "grief services", which she described as "necessary in the era of the epidemic" .
She said that in the face of the epidemic, many people are suffering from post-traumatic sequelae. Under this tsunami of mental health, citizens have nowhere to turn for help.
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In response, Lo Chongmao pointed out that the government attaches great importance to the mental health of citizens under the epidemic, and understands that citizens are facing severe challenges both physically and mentally.
The government has commissioned universities to conduct three large-scale mental health surveys, and the earliest results will be available in the third quarter of this year. It is hoped that the government will be able to formulate targeted policies and support measures by then.
He also mentioned that since the previous year, the Department of Health has launched the "Talk with Me" mental health plan to continuously release mental health information. Health Integrated Community Center.
Lo Chongmao pointed out that the district health center can act as a "grassroots hub" in terms of emotional support, referring those in need to appropriate units, emphasizing that in the face of the epidemic, it will "dynamically respond" and review the service needs of the center.
Election Committee member Jiang Yuhuan requested that the authorities focus on reaching out to the elderly who live alone and secluded; Lee Sai-wing, a member of the Southeastern New Territories, hopes to set up a "sequelae center" for emotions under the epidemic.
Lu Chongmao promised to follow up, but when Mr. Qiu Dagan, a member of the science and technology innovation circle, shared that visually impaired people participated in volunteer activities, called to care for the elderly during the epidemic, and hoped that the government would help non-governmental organizations because their funds were relatively tight, Lu Ze asked. The officials around him said, "This is not a problem." They hesitated for about 25 seconds before responding, saying that the government has been cooperating with different volunteers.
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