9 February 2006
'MENTAL HEALTH A REAL AND AUTHENTIC SOCIAL-HEALTH CARE EMERGENCY"- POPE BENEDICT XVI
In his message to accompany the World Day of the Sick to be celebrated in Adelaide on Feb 11th, Pope Benedict XVI has called the attention of public opinion to "the problems connected with mental disturbance, which by now afflicts a fifth of mankind and constitutes a real and authentic social-health care emergency"
Instituted in 1993, the World Day of the Sick aims to draw attention to human suffering and to the mystery of suffering itself and to recognise the important role of carers of the sick and elderly.
Hundreds of religious leaders and health experts from around the world have gathered in Adelaide for this years conference and its associated events.
Catholic Health Australia has long been a critic of the state of Australia's health system and chief executive officer Francis Sullivan last month singled out "People with severe and complex mental disorders, young people with dual diagnoses and workers struggling to get back into employment" as being particularly poorly served.
Keynote Speaker at the World Day of the Sick Conference, Professor Ian Hickie, said that Australian governments needed to immediately allocate an extra $500 million each year to non-government agencies to reverse the nation's mental health problems.
(In this same week according to a CNN news report, US President Bush's 2006 Budget was submitted to Congress and proposed cutting millions of dollars of expenditure in health and education while increasing military and defence spending to $2.77 trillion ie 2.77 million, million dollars)
Instituted in 1993, the World Day of the Sick aims to draw attention to human suffering and to the mystery of suffering itself and to recognise the important role of carers of the sick and elderly.
Hundreds of religious leaders and health experts from around the world have gathered in Adelaide for this years conference and its associated events.
Catholic Health Australia has long been a critic of the state of Australia's health system and chief executive officer Francis Sullivan last month singled out "People with severe and complex mental disorders, young people with dual diagnoses and workers struggling to get back into employment" as being particularly poorly served.
Keynote Speaker at the World Day of the Sick Conference, Professor Ian Hickie, said that Australian governments needed to immediately allocate an extra $500 million each year to non-government agencies to reverse the nation's mental health problems.
(In this same week according to a CNN news report, US President Bush's 2006 Budget was submitted to Congress and proposed cutting millions of dollars of expenditure in health and education while increasing military and defence spending to $2.77 trillion ie 2.77 million, million dollars)
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