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RSS FeedsPrince Harry tours CAMH, greets crowds in lead-up to Invictus Games
(The Star Canada)

 
 

23 september 2017 21:52:34

 
Prince Harry tours CAMH, greets crowds in lead-up to Invictus Games
(The Star Canada)
 


Several hundred eager well-wishers waited patiently behind a barricade in unseasonably blazing sunshine on Saturday as Prince Harry toured one of Canada’s leading mental-health facilities across the road.The prince did not disappoint, crossing the road after his tour to talk to children, meet a pup and shake hands with members of a crowd that whooped when they glimpsed him and called his name repeatedly.“Oh my goodness, I’m so happy, he shook my hand,” said a dazzled Robinowe Bukirwa, who wondered if she was dreaming even as the prince faded into the distance. “I don’t think I’m going to wash my hand today. I’m so very excited.”The prince’s day began with a tour and meetings at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where he participated in two round tables — one with nine senior staff members focused on research, the other on dealing with youth coping with mental illness.Describing the complex issue as one requiring a “massive team effort,” Harry listened attentively to staff discuss their work, and anecdotes from patients who sought treatment for mental health and addiction struggles at the facility in downtown Toronto.At times gesticulating as he made a point or stroking his chin as he listened intently, the prince stressed the importance of mental health research and treatment — a topic he has championed. There is no “silver bullet” when it comes to dealing with the problem, he said.“You need options,” he said.One person in attendance told Harry she still cherished a visit decades before from his mother, the late Princess Diana. The prince also met privately with teenage in-patients of the mental health facility.Outside the centre, Prince Harry stopped briefly to chit-chat as people thrust out hands across the barrier, thanking them repeatedly for coming out.Sara Gashi said meeting the royal family member was much better than she had anticipated.& ...


 
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