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Butabika Mental Hospital Human Rights visit.

Voluntourist promotor Jan van der Meer from Holland produced this video during visit Butabika Hospital. Patients overwhelm Butabika hospital News by Uganda Observer SUNDAY, 29 DECEMBER 2013 22:49 WRITTEN BY YUDAYA NANGONZI 6 COMMENTS E-mailPrintPDF Being the country's only established mental health institution, Butabika National Referral Mental hospital is overwhelmed and understaffed. Dr Juliet Nakku, the acting deputy director, says the institution is struggling to cope with the 24-hour work schedule, as officials wait for government to respond to a plea for more staff. Hosting a team from Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) at the hospital recently, Nakku said health workers were committed to their work but they needed time to rest due to the overwhelming numbers of mental health patients. "Our staff are not comparable to the number of patients we attend to and the number that government had fixed for us," Nakku said, explaining that Butabika's 380 staff are attending to over 800 patients. Dr Katebalirwe Amooti, the acting chairperson of UHRC, commended the hospital staff for their commitment despite the challenges encountered. Katebalirwe said their visit was one of the activities held by UHRC to commemorate International Human Rights day. After touring the hospital, Katebalirwe concluded that Butabika needed help. "Butabika staff have given us an impression to come back and sensitise them more about human rights issues," Katebalirwe said. "The staff were not much aware about rights but they had done their best," he said. The UHRC team donated 40 blankets to support the patients and 20 T-shirts to the hospital staff. The group that toured Butabika hospital comprised of Uganda Human Rights Network-Uganda (HURINET-U), Human Rights Centre, Uganda Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Norway embassy officials, Women of Uganda, African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV), and Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.