The General Secretary of Fiji Evangelical Fellowship, Reverend Simione Tugi, whose daughter is a methamphetamine addict, stresses that there is an urgent need to get a fully fledged drug rehabilitation centre as the facility is long overdue.
While speaking on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan, the Fiji Council of Churches board member says the longer the government delays the setting up of a proper drug rehabilitation centre, the more drug addicts we will have with no help provided to the addicts and their families.
He says he loves his daughter and he wants the facility set up to help her.
Reverend Tugi says Saint Giles Hospital is overwhelmed and they are not well equipped to deal with the drug addicts.
He says there are only 100 beds at Saint Giles Hospital, and about 300 people need to be admitted straight away, but they don't have that capacity.
@fijivillage.com My daughter is a meth addict and we need a drug rehab centre in Fiji now – Reverend Tugi #fiji #fyp ♬ original sound fijivillage
Reverend Tugi says the hospital had 7,000 to 8,000 visits last year alone.
He adds the nurses sometimes need the prison wardens to come and help them, or sometimes they call the police officers to come and restrain people who are coming.
Reverend Tugi says the addicts are also ending up on the streets, and you can't do anything about it.
He says you already see the videos from overseas where the addicts are like zombies.
Reverend Tugi says his daughter, his family and the country needs this drug rehabilitation centre.
