President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that he is oblivious of the challenges facing the management and staff of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.

The president said this during an interview with Koforidua-based Sunrise FM. He said that he had not been informed about the challenges which seemed to be known by many Ghanaians in recent times.

“It hasn’t come to my attention but I do know that the area of mental health is one of the areas where we need to focus our attention. Our Psychiatrists tell us that all of us have a bit of madness in us and that somehow we all have some mental disorder or the other so it means that it is something that we need to pay attention to."

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“We passed the new mental health bill and government is committed to its implementation. We will take immediate steps to resolve the issue at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital and I am going to call the Minister of Health after this programme to see what the issues and how we will resolve them.”

Chairman of the Mental Health Authority Dr. Akwesi Osei made this known after meeting with the aggrieved nurses on [Monday, October 31 in a move to persuade them to return to work.

He believes the move to discharge some of the patients will ease pressure on the few workers available at the facility.

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Aside from this issue the hospital is often faced with financial challenges that sometimes compel them to close its Out Patient Department (OPD).

This led to some suppliers of the facility withdrawing their services over the unpaid debts while others even dragged the mental facility to court to demand payment.

Most of these are developments known to the general public but the president explained that he had not been informed about these challenges.

But he assured that he will see to it that the challenges raised to his hearing today will be solved.