A BUILDING to house the Mental Health Institute will be constructed at the cost of $61.2M.
The contract for the project was recently awarded to Doonauth Construction and Supplies by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).
Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr Karen Cummings, had said that the administration was taking concrete steps to address the issue of mental health; and that in addition to the Mental Health Unit, which treats patients on an out-patient basis, plans are in the pipeline to establish a Mental Health Institute, which will offer counselling and occupational therapy.
The Mental Health Institute, when established, will provide training and clinical experience to those officers in the field to effectively improve the delivery of mental health in Guyana.
Currently, the Mental Health Unit is housed at Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.
In addition to the $61.2M awarded for the construction of the Mental Health Institute’s building, the tender board also awarded $22.7M to Floyd Melville Construction for extension of the Charles Roza School of Nursing Faculty Building and external works at its Mackenzie, Linden, location.