Wednesday, June 25, 2008

City to officially open Tafelsig Matrix Clinic

By Yamkela Xhaso
25 June 2008


Cape Town Executive Mayor Hellen Zille will take part in the opening of the first Matrix Clinic in Tafelsig , Mitchels Plain on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

According to a media statement residents attending the clinic will receive treatment for alcohol and drug addiction as outpatients.

The treatment that will be received is based on methods developed by the Matrix Institute in the United States of America. These methods are also used in a number of countries where places like Cape Town that have tik as a big problem.

The treatment model was chosen because it has delivered good results in countries that have had tik problem far before Cape Town.

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