A TOTAL of 25 patients from three government-run psychiatric hospitals in Chennai come to Fist train station in Dussehra while waiting for a new start at the Karjat-based Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation. They will be reunited with their families within a month, said Dr. Bharat Vatwani, the foundation’s founding trustee and winner of the Magsaysay Prize. the indian express.
A Foundation bus took the patients along with social workers and support staff to Karjat (2 hours from Pune), where they will be reunited with their families. The Foundation has reunited at least 9,000 mentally ill patients with their families in the last 15 or 16 years, Dr. Vatwani said. He added that this is the first time such a large group of patients has been transferred from a psychiatric hospital to a rehabilitation center.
“These unfortunate men and women are often seen wandering the roads, living in poor health. They barely survive on water and food scraps thrown at them by passers-by. With no one to care for them, they are on the roads for weeks and months,” said Dr. Vatwani.
The Foundation was created in 1988 to help mentally ill and destitute patients and the Karjat project was created in 2006. The services are free and the Foundation does not accept patients brought by relatives. It has been associated with various mental institutions across the country, with most of the current patients coming mainly from North India.
“These patients were selected by our team of social workers from different institutions in Tamil Nadu, including the government-run Chennai Institute of Mental Health, Emergency Care and Recovery Center, Chennai and others such as NGO Anbagam, Tamil Nadu and St Giuseppe Moscati Psycho-Social. Rehabilitation Center, Tamil Nadu. Social workers have difficulty communicating due to language limitations. However, they are on the road to recovery and we will now reunite all 25 patients with their families,” said Dr. Vatwani.
Meanwhile, various organizations have planned a series of programs in the city to raise awareness of mental health on World Mental Health Day (October 10).
This year, the WHO motto is to make mental health and well-being a global priority. Pune Metro Rail in association with Vidula Psychological Consultancy will conduct an awareness program on facts related to mental health, said Dr. Mridula Apte, a clinical psychologist, who heads Vidula Psychological Consultancy.
The world fails to protect the mental well-being of health workers: new report
A new report from the Qatar Foundation, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), found that at least a quarter of health workers surveyed reported symptoms of anxiety. , depression and exhaustion. ‘Our duty of care’: A global call to action to protect the mental health of health workers examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in health personnel. It offers 10 policy actions as a framework for immediate follow-up by employers, organizations and legislators.
The report found that between 23 and 46 percent of healthcare workers reported symptoms of anxiety during the pandemic and between 20 and 37 percent experienced symptoms of depression.
At the same time, between 41 and 52 percent of healthcare workers experienced burnout during the pandemic, according to the report.
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