Community-based rehab proposed in Oro
- Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2016/07/13/community-based-rehab-proposed-oro-485175
- Friday, July 15, 2016
- By Pamela Jay F. Orias
WITH the rising number of suspected drug users and pushers "surrendering" to authorities, the Cagayan de Oro City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Cadac) plans to conduct a community-based rehabilitation in each barangay.
City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) head Teddy Sabuga-a said the community rehabilitation will be facilitated by medical professionals such as social workers and psychologists.
To achieve this, a separate profiling of those who yielded will be done by the anti-drug council to identify possible interventions that could best fit them.
"Once ma-process sila sa ilang pag submit sa police, unya makita nato na kinahanglan gayud sila isulod sa rehab center, we will have to. Pero kung madala lang sa community lang ang treatment, okay lang, nga at least makauli lang sila after lugar sa treatment process," said Sabuga-a.
Sabuga-a said the plan is being studied to avoid the congestion of the lone government-owned treatment and rehabilitation center in Upper Puerto.
"Karon, anaa na daw sa more or less 2,000 ang mga alleged drug personalities nga nag-submit sa police. So, as the number continues to rise, nahisgutan napud ang problema sa rehabilitation which is kulang gayud," Sabuga-a said.
Presently, the 50-bed capacity rehab center in Upper Puerto has already 166 male clients.
Sabuga-a said the anti-drug council will also establish its own office to assist, particularly the minors who yielded.
He said the move aims to avoid trauma that the process could do to children once they submit themselves to police officials.
The office will also be open to accept all drug-dependents who want help and assistance from professionals.
Erwin Rommel Lingad, Treatment and Rehab Center health education designation officer, said in an interview that the community-based rehab include conducting seminars and other activities that can be useful to drug-dependents.
"Kung unsa man gani ang intervention nga ma-innovate sa local government, we will be in full support for all of it," Lingad said.
"Basta ang amo lang is dapat ang police would appear not as enemies, but as persons who are willing to help drug-dependents," Lingad added.