{"id":16448,"date":"2024-09-25T09:16:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T09:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=16448"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T09:16:33","slug":"ministry-of-health-launches-mental-wellness-program-following-tragic-death-of-intern-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=16448","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health Launches Mental Wellness Program Following Tragic Death of Intern Doctor."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ministry-of-health-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ministry-of-health-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ministry-of-health--480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health has initiated a nationwide workplace mental wellness program for healthcare workers. This decision was announced on Tuesday in response to the recent death of intern doctor Desree Moraa, who reportedly died by suicide after a long shift at Gatundu Level 5 Hospital in Kiambu County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa, while mourning Moraa, emphasized the need for stronger support systems to prevent such tragedies. She announced that the initiative would be carried out in collaboration with County Governments to ensure comprehensive support for healthcare workers facing mental health challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tragic incident involving Dr. Moraa, whose body was discovered by colleagues on Sunday night, has highlighted the urgent need for addressing mental health issues within the healthcare sector. A note found at the scene reportedly indicated the reason for her actions, underscoring the necessity of renewed commitment to mental wellness among medical professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has initiated a nationwide workplace mental wellness program for healthcare workers. This decision was announced on Tuesday in response to the recent death of intern doctor Desree Moraa, who reportedly died by suicide after a long shift at Gatundu Level 5 Hospital in Kiambu County. Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ministry-of-health-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16450,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448\/revisions\/16450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}