Psychotic patients put into care

Psychotic patients put into care

JAKARTA: The City Mental and Spiritual Development and Social
Welfare Office puts each month 20 to 40 psychotic patients, who
live on the streets, into four shelters in the city.

"We can't predict the increase in the number of patients. Even
if there's an increase it must be very slight," said head of the
agency Endang WD, on Tuesday.

Currently, there are 1,100 psychotic patients, picked up from
the streets, at the four shelters, located in Cengkareng and Jl.
Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, and Cipayung, East Jakarta.

The patients are accommodated at the shelters and assisted to
communicate. As soon as they are able to say where they have come
from, the shelters send them home or hand them over to the City
Social Agency.

"Those unable to communicate remain at the shelters," Endang
said. -- Antara