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ProverB
#1 Posted : Friday, February 25, 2011 9:17:05 AM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2...ealth/index.html?hpt=C1

"Across Kenya, millions of mentally disabled people are hidden away -- locked up and forgotten, often by families who can't get them proper treatment. Watch "World's Untold Stories" February 26 and 27"

Sad Sad Sad
Yet another moment for the world to "Booo!!!!"

I long for the day universal health won't be dictated by how much one can afford in order to access proper medi/health care..
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drzhivago
#2 Posted : Friday, February 25, 2011 10:00:15 AM
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while the situation is a sad one and much can be done about it, how they arrived at a figure of 3 million is a curiosity. it's needless to say that the figures are grossly exaggerated by NGOs seeking to misrepresent the magnitude of the problem to attract funding. if this were true, then the prevalence of mental disability is close to 10%? what they mean is that we are a nation of retards ...
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callaspade
#3 Posted : Friday, February 25, 2011 10:04:43 AM
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.....actually watched it last night on cnn.
....3 million was abit shocking not to mention the bad publicity.
.....while appreciating that we need to look deeper into this mental illness problem, it made Kenya look a country full of mad people chained onto their beds !!
.....David mckenzie has surely learnt the art of Kenya's sensational journalism.
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