Issues in Mental Health Nursing (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Two Lassa Witch Doctors Français : sorciers guérisseurs de Lassa (Nigeria) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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This is an interesting story reported by the BBC. It’s RECOMMENDED READING, in my view. Check it out!

BBC News – Kenya’s traditional healers can help with mental health.

I know the BBC likes to be a bit radical, so I was surprised that it did not recommend African witch doctors to help rescue the UK’s NHS from deepening crisis and paralysis!

Let me ask a related open question:

Should the UK Government sponsor traditional healers in UK public healthcare?

Any thoughts?

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