Counsel Kanungu Victims - Medics

Doctors have asked the Government to set aside money for programmes to offer counselling and other mental health treatment to families of Kanungu cult victims, reports Kikonyogo Ngatya.

"Some forms of mental disorders may soon turn into severe, (mad)," Dr Seggane Musisi, a mental health expert at Butabika Hospital said.

He was on Monday presenting a paper: "Psychotrauma - The Kanungu tragedy" to at a conference of over 450 doctors.

At least 1,000 people died in a cult inferno in Kanungu.