Health Expert Shares Numbers for Mental Health Clinics

Iveth Quintanilla

Mental health officials are encouraging people to seek help if COVID-19 is consuming their well being.  Clinics in every district are open with mental health experts there to provide counseling to distressed persons.  Psychiatric nurse practitioners are trained and willing to help anyone who has been experiencing the mental effects of the virus. But to receive help, you must take the first step and call the clinic in your area.

Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator

“Remember that you are not alone as you experience all of these things as we are experiencing this pandemic. So we have our psychiatric nurse practitioners and we have our counsellor in Belize City and we also have a social worker attached to the programme and all of this staff is there available to provide the support that the public needs. You can contact us at the mental health clinic. Corozal Hospital: four two two three nine zero nine or four two two, twenty seventy two at the extension two forty one. In Orange Walk the number is six seventy ninety three sixty seven, six seventy, ninety three seventy five. Belize City, two two three zero one three one, two two two forty nine twenty. In Belmopan, eight two eight forty five eighty one, eight two eight forty six zero zero. San Ignacio, six six four twenty eight eighty five. Dangriga, six zero one one zero four five. Punta Gorda, six two five sixty four fifteen. So these are the numbers for the clinics where we have our psychiatric nurse practitioners who are there to provide that support for you.”