BAGUIO CITY: A comprehensive mental health care and wellness system will soon be implemented in the Summer Capital as a response to the “alarming cases of depression and suicides in the city and neighboring municipalities,” Councilor Joel Alangsab announced on February 22.

Alangsab said Mayor Benjamin Magalong is poised to sign a city council ordinance, which the alderman co-authored with Sangguniang Kabataan Councilor Levy Lloyd Orcales to establish a mental health program that aims to provide cheap if not free medicines and access to amenities for the affected sector, among others.

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