‘Homeless with mental health issues get treatment before joining transit centre’


Fatimah (left) observing two homeless women weaving baskets at TTG Sibu.

A JOINT operation by authorities to rescue the homeless in Sibu resulted in the team discovering 10 individuals with mental health issues.

Sarawak Women, Family and Community Well-being Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said they were sleeping along the five-foot way of shophouses and would be referred to the psychiatric ward of Sibu Hospital for medical observation.

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