To the brink and back

Lifting despair: Sbrana Psychiatric is the focal point for suicidal patients
Lifting despair: Sbrana Psychiatric is the focal point for suicidal patients

Suicide silently stalks our communities, plucking the lives of both the young and old. It is a phenomenon many do not wish to talk about and yet it touches nearly everyone’s lives. Mmegi Correspondent, TUMELO MOUWANE meets a woman who slipped down to the brink and returned to tell the tale

LOBATSE:  A sombre, emotional atmosphere recently hung over the Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital in Lobatse.

Sbrana, now five-years-old, is a 300-bed modern facility, which operates as the country’s premier mental illness hospital and the national focal point for suicidal patients.

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