Take Action On Bali's Mental Health Care Crisis

Thousands of Balinese people suffer from severe untreated mental illnesses. Their names, their lives, are not on record. But go, go to the villages and you will find them. Mentally ill children and adults locked in dark unlit rooms or living in cages. This is the way they live out their lives year after lonely year, subject to taunts and every human rights abuse imaginable. Some who are manacled will eventually need their limbs amputated. Many desperate families who have no concept of treatment hope that they will die, die soon.
A four minute video produced by the Suryani Institute for Mental Health is damning evidence that Bali's mental health system is in crisis.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-NWiCViXc0
However the Indonesian government denies there is a serious problem and continues to ignore the pleas of Balinese and foreign psychiatrists.
Given access to good quality mental health care, thousands of lives will be completely transformed. We  implore all who read these words to offer your protection to the people of Bali by signing this petition
Letter to be presented to the World Health Organization from all petition signatories:
Dear Decision Makers,
The mentally ill in Bali continue to be ignored, mistreated and abused. It has been estimated that over 7,000 people in Bali suffer from serious chronic mental illnesses, the majority of whom will never receive any treatment. It is likely that the true numbers will be much higher.

The Indonesian Government does not acknowledge the actual numbers of mentally ill people nor does it provide sufficient or suitable services. The island's only hospital for the mentally ill has the capacity for 340 patients, however very limited places are available to the poor.

We the undersigned ask that the World Health Organisation honour its commitment to assist in providing health care to those in need. We ask that the World Health Organisation compel the Indonesian Government to provide appropriate care for the mentally ill. We ask that the World Health Organisation speak for those who do not have a voice.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter