JEDDAH: About 40 percent of drug addicts coming to the Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health in Dammam for treatment are youths aged between 20 and 29, an official of the complex has said.
“The complex receives patients from the Gulf countries and some Arab states,” Mohammad Al-Qarni, director of patient services at the complex, told local media.
He said that most of the patients and visitors are ignorant about the rules and regulations of the complex and urged families to follow them because it is “in the best interest of patients.”
“There are halls for visitors besides a special room for each one of them so that they get more privacy. This room is, however, under security and medical surveillance,” said Al-Qarni.
The complex is a non-profit organization and the Kingdom provides treatment and all the medicines free of charge to addicts as well as psychiatric patients, he said.
About the terms and conditions of visits, Al-Qarni said: “The visitations are managed by the Anti-Narcotics Department and only close relatives can visit the patient. The patient’s father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter and the person who admitted him/her are allowed to pay a visit.”
The official urged the visitors to stick to the visiting hours because patients are subjected to therapeutic programs governed by a time schedule.
“The complex receives patients from the Gulf countries and some Arab states,” Mohammad Al-Qarni, director of patient services at the complex, told local media.
He said that most of the patients and visitors are ignorant about the rules and regulations of the complex and urged families to follow them because it is “in the best interest of patients.”
“There are halls for visitors besides a special room for each one of them so that they get more privacy. This room is, however, under security and medical surveillance,” said Al-Qarni.
The complex is a non-profit organization and the Kingdom provides treatment and all the medicines free of charge to addicts as well as psychiatric patients, he said.
About the terms and conditions of visits, Al-Qarni said: “The visitations are managed by the Anti-Narcotics Department and only close relatives can visit the patient. The patient’s father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter and the person who admitted him/her are allowed to pay a visit.”
The official urged the visitors to stick to the visiting hours because patients are subjected to therapeutic programs governed by a time schedule.
