The Goshen Trust's mental health facility in Moamoa has been hit by financial woes forcing them to reduce the number of in-patients to just 10.

The organisation still faces challenges such as staff shortages and funding. The Chief Executive Officer Naomi Eshraghi said Goshen Trust continues their operation despite the challenges.

She believes there is a need for nurses to be distributed to their organisation but at the moment they are using the mental health unit. She hopes for an extension to the mental health unit so that the clinical side of all the patients is looked after every day.

"We use the mental health unit who have nurses every day. This place can only take up to 14 patients, we can only accommodate 14. Right now, due to lack of funding, we can only take 10. Our staff are given days off because there are not enough funds. So, when there is not enough funds, the patients suffer. We don't take more than what we can afford."

Eshraghi assured that they are working towards improvements in their service, and they are grateful to the new addition to the team, the new psychiatrist as it benefits everyone. She also encouraged people not to be afraid to seek help when needed. They are always there to assist, and if they can't help they will be able to refer you to the right person.

 "We see a lot of patients in and out of our services, and that is only a part of a circle of treatment for a person diagnosed with mental illness, so part of their treatment is staying here, rehabilitate, and refamiliarise with tasks that helps him or her to stay home or to help their families. Often, there's a lot of challenges with families taking back their loved ones and so we try and cater to that," she said.

"We try and meet the needs. It's easier to transition from the hospital to here. We don't have enough staff working because we don't have the funds. Everything is about our people who are compassionate and loving, they need to survive as well as volunteer or work in this field."