Bali's Shame
He's been restrained since the '90s. He hasn't left here at all since 1990.' A villager points to an elderly man chained up next to his own excrement. Such shocking sights are not unique in Bali. Helplessness and ignorance makes parents of mentally ill patients resort to confinement. 'I love my child. But he's destructive.' Komang's father kept him locked in a cage for eight years before he met Dr Suryani. Bali's leading psychiatrist, she's campaigned tirelessly to improve the island's mental health but the Health Minister is reluctant to help: 'We have a limited budget for drugs. Those drugs are expensive.' So she pays them out of her own pocket. Her blend of Western and Balinese methods produces great results; thanks to her treatment, Komang is now recovered and even married.
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