Mental health scheme extended

GUANGZHOU: People with mental health problems here will get better care and treatment from next year, as a pilot medical scheme is rolled out across a wider area of the city.

Since last year, more than 1,500 people in the Tianhe and Huangpu districts have benefited from a program run by the Guangzhou Brain Hospital and local communities to provide integrated prevention and rehabilitation treatments, Zhao Zhenhuan, director of the hospital, said on Monday.

"We now plan to expand the program to six other districts," he said.