People with disabilities on Friday demanded of the government to declare July 23 as ‘national mental health day’ to commemorate the anniversary of death of Mohsin Siddique alias Lulu, a pioneer of mental health movement.
They raised the demand from an hour-long human chain they formed before the National Press Club with support from the Welfare Society for Mental Health and Rehabilitation, affiliated to the National Forum of Organisations Working with the Disabled.
Popularly known as ‘Lulu pagla’, he was himself a mental patient.
Mental health is highly neglected by the government and the national health care system, said Badrul Mannan, general secretary of the WSMHR. But, he said, no country could be made productive neglecting mental health.
Other speakers urged the government to give importance to mental health care.
They also called for involving the people to ensure transparency in making mental health law.
They called for proper treatment and mainstreaming of mental patients, instead of leaving them out.
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