Nemesio Onasa

Revisited Documentaries "Gapos"

The year 2017 just like the title in this documentary episode from the I Witness series, my country Philippines is still bound to mental health problems that receive less attention in the national government. The ratio of psychiatrist doctors in the Philippines that year is 600 to 80 million Filipino citizens. In May that year the Philippine senate passed the historic Mental Health law that would eventually help Filipinos that suffered mental health illness. Meanwhile the I Witness tackle the issue to convey the situation of an ordinary Filipino with mental illness in the rural area where there are no proper psychiatrists in their locality.