{"id":167,"date":"2020-10-28T00:21:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T00:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/?p=167"},"modified":"2021-12-10T19:07:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T01:07:23","slug":"mental-health-care-at-ilula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/index.php\/2020\/10\/28\/mental-health-care-at-ilula\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Care at Ilula"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petro Lusassi completed his 4th and final year of psychiatry training in July 2020\u00a0 at Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University in\u00a0 Tanga, TZ.\u00a0 He will then be assigned to a 1 year internship, after which he plans to return to Ilula to begin his psychiatry practice. This includes prescribing rights for medications.\u00a0 Originally from Ihimbo, Petro initially was sponsored by friends of Shoulder to Shoulder to complete dental training.\u00a0 While working with patients as a dentist, he began to appreciate the burden of mental health disease at Ilula. He continues to work as a dentist at Ilula during school breaks and is called upon to counsel patients on the ward.\u00a0 The global burden of mental health disorders is staggering, having an appropriately trained MH professional at Ilula is inspiring.<\/p>\n

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Petro Lusassi completed his 4th and final year of psychiatry training in July 2020\u00a0 at Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University in\u00a0 Tanga, TZ.\u00a0 He will then be assigned to a 1 year internship, after which he plans to return to Ilula to begin his psychiatry practice. 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