Together with its partner, the Gauteng Social Development Department, the city is on a drive to convert aging clinics into substance abuse day clinics in an effort to increase accessibility to treatment interventions.
Monica Meyer, an Eden Park resident who heads the Local Drug Action Committee (LDAC), expressed her gratitude for the new rehab centre.
“We often have drug addicts who are ready to quit referred to us and we sometimes do not know where to take them, as facilities are far away and parents cannot afford the private rehab centres,” she said.
“The centre, which is near, will help the LDAC a great deal whe, as we will be able to visit the facilities to support the patients we referred to the centre.”
MMC for Health and Social Development Clr Makhosazana Mabaso, urged the community of Palm Ridge and surrounding areas to encourage those in need to utilise the facility and appealed for those recovering to be supported through the rehabilitation phase.
Comprehensive assessment, counselling services, rehabilitation and detoxing, recreational and fitness programmes are among the services to be offered at the facility.
The centre will accept walk-in patients and referrals from social workers, schools and the community.
For more information residents may contact the Department of Social Development’s regional office on 011 306 5350.
