A mobile health van was flagged off in Delhi by the Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, to treat homeless drug addicts.
Sisodia launched the van at a government night shelter in Yamuna Bazar area of north Delhi.
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‘Mobile health van may eliminate the biggest inhibitor for homeless people from using night shelters, which is drug addiction.’
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The Deputy Chief Minister said the biggest challenge of homeless in the area and the prime inhibitor for them using night shelters is drug addiction.
MLA Alka Lamba, Department of Women and Child Development Chief Shilpa Shinde and other officials were also present at the function.
"The problem of drug addiction is a major problem in the city with a rise in the city's young abusers and hence a chief issue for the WCD," Shinde said.
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"This launch is one more step in the government's aim towards reduction and complete stoppage of substance abuse through detox, strategic intervention, restoration or rehabilitation and behaviour modification of the city's homeless addicts," an official statement said.
Source: IANS
"The problem of drug addiction is a major problem in the city with a rise in the city's young abusers and hence a chief issue for the WCD," Shinde said.
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SFU health sciences researcher Stefanie Rezansoff has published a new study on the treatment of serious mental illnesses among people who are homeless.
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"This launch is one more step in the government's aim towards reduction and complete stoppage of substance abuse through detox, strategic intervention, restoration or rehabilitation and behaviour modification of the city's homeless addicts," an official statement said.
Source: IANS
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