New law: Sindh finalises Mental Health Ordinance

Sindh now has the distinction of being the first province to enact a mental health ordinance.

KARACHI:
The Sindh Governor signed the Sindh Mental Health Ordinance 2013 on Wednesday afternoon.

The ordinance has addressed the overrepresentation of bureaucrats in the Sindh Mental Health Authority by including a psychologist and a woman representative.


Sindh now has the distinction of being the first province to enact a mental health ordinance.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 9th, 2013.
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