The record
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- Forty-nine cured inmates of the Government Mental Health Centre at Peroorkada were relocated to Gandhi Bhavan in Pathanapuram on Friday.
- The patients had completed treatment and were declared fully cured, but their families never came back for them.
- Lions District 318 A took the humanitarian initiative, and Health Minister K. Muraleedharan flagged off the bus carrying them.
- Gandhi Bhavan has taken responsibility for life-long care, while the MHC team will follow up on their maintenance medication.
- The shift matters because it is the first time so many MHC inmates have been rehabilitated at once, and all are trained for vocational rehabilitation.
What to watch next
- Follow-up on the 55 total persons awaiting rehabilitation listed in the High Court report, since only those with fitness certificates have been accommodated so far.
- Implementation of the government's promised ambulances and new buildings at all MHCs.
- Progress of the 49 residents in Gandhi Bhavan's vocational rehabilitation programme.
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T. Sagar
senior consultant
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“The team of psychiatric social workers and representatives of district legal services authority at MHC try their best to rehabilitate these persons in their own homes. But the families often do not respond or express their inability to have them back. In many cases, they would have left a false address, which makes it difficult to trace them”
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…to rebuild their lives. Keralam Health Minister K. Muraleedharan flagged off the bus carrying them to Pathanapuram. It is the first time that so many persons from the MHC are being rehabilitated all at once. “ The team of psychiatric social workers and representatives of district legal services authority at MHC try their best to rehabilitate these persons in their own homes. But the families often do not respond or express their inability to have them back. In many cases, they would have left a false address, which makes it difficult to trace them ,” pointed out T. Sagar, a senior consultant in Psychiatry and who heads the mental health awareness project of Lions District 318 A. “There were actually 55 persons who were awaiting rehabilitation after being cured of…
K. Muraleedharan
Keralam Health Minister
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“it was sad that the society’s basic outlook towards people who have recovered from their mental illness had not changed even in the era of great scientific and technological progress”
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…of life-long care and support of these individuals. We will also follow them up and ensure that they are on maintenance medication and doing well,” he added. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Muraleedharan said that it was sad that the society’s basic outlook towards people who have recovered from their mental illness had not changed even in the era of great scientific and technological progress . He added that more facilities, including ambulances and new buildings, would be provided at all MHCs and that the government would give priority to the welfare of patients with mental illnesses. These individuals…
Why it matters3
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- 49 recovered patients relocated to long term care· immediate
- Government Mental Health Centre (Peroorkada) bed capacity freed· immediate
- Gandhi Bhavan increased resident load· days
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Named India · Government Mental Health Centre · Bindu Mohan · Gandhi Bhavan · John Simon · Kerala · K. Muraleedharan · Lions District 318 A · Preethi James · Sasikumar · Shobhitha Thoppil · T. Sagar · V. Anilkumar
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