School Collapse: Incorporate trained psychiatric team into NEMA – Consultant Psychiatrist vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Emergency personnel rescue a child at the site of a building which collapsed in Lagos on March 13, 2019. – At least 10 children were among scores of people missing on March 13, 2019 after a four-storey building collapsed in Lagos, with rescuers trying to reach them through the roof of the damaged structure. The children were attending a nursery and primary school on the top floor of the residential building when the structure collapsed.
She spoke against the backdrop of the March 13 collapsed school building at Ita-Faaji, Lagos Island, in which 20 were confirmed dead, while no fewer than 45 people were receiving medical attention. Imarah said that the psychiatric team should consist of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, crisis counsellors, among others.She said: “The team will make contact and engage victims or survivors in an empathetic and non-intrusive manner.
“Beyond this, they will identify immediate psychological needs and connect these people with relevant agencies as seamlessly as possible.
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