Dr.Terry Mason met with the Community Mental Health Board of Chicago and mental health activists for two hours Monday, explaining that the centers were closed and what was left of their staffs merged with other centers because of a $ 1.2 million in government divided on the means . The changes that can occur within 60 days, "he said. Faced with the imminent closure of four of Chicago's 12 mental health centers, an advisory body prodded the city's public health commissioner on Monday and talked about the press, Mayor Richard Daley to create a separate mental health department in the hope of avoiding further cuts.
Darryl Gumm, chairman of the Community Mental Health Board, said mental health services actually need more money in the economic slow down. Other activists said mentally ill patients are forced to travel longer to get help, would rather be home. They asked how the city can take care of so many with fewer workers.
The organizers are planning a rally starting at 9 Thursday at Woodlawn Center, 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave. It is doomed to be closed, and stopped at the town hall. Linda Hatcher, 57, went to Woodlawn Center for almost 20 years. Hatcher - who said she Bipolar and takes medication twice a day for the protection of suicidal thoughts, worries about finding the way to another mental health center. "We can find money for dogs and cats, but not people with mental health problems," Gumm said.
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