Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has allowed a 19-year-old student to re-appear for the improvement exam for class 12 as he was suffering from depression and internet gaming disorder during last year’s exam. A division bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil, in its order on July 4, said the boy deserves to be … Read more
Mumbai: Mumbai Supreme Court has allowed a 19-year-old student to retake the improvement exam to Class XII because I was suffering from depression and Internet gaming disorder During last year’s exam.A division bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil, in its July 4 order, said the boy deserves to be given an opportunity to … Read more
MUMBAI: There are four senior psychiatrists in four regional state mental health hospitals who treated more than 7.6 lakh outpatients and 1.5 lakh inpatients between 2017 and 2021, according to RTI data. The state has 32 posts for psychiatrists in two grades in these four hospitals in Thane, Pune, Nagpur and Ratnagiri. RTI activist Jeetendra … Read more
MUMBAI – Only 16 private nursing homes, representing around 1% of total private healthcare providers in Mumbai, admit mental health patients, according to information collected through an RTI app. “In Maharashtra, there are 184 private nursing homes that admit patients in need of psychiatric care,” said Jeetendra Ghadge of the Young Whistleblowers Foundation, who filed … Read more
Mumbai: Not just the state, relatives of patients are also stakeholders in the implementation of the Mental Health Care Act 2017, Mumbai High Court said hearing public interest litigation over people languishing in asylums despite being healed or not seriously mentally ill.“If the family members are interested parties, then only you can practically implement this … Read more
Mumbai: A psychiatrist in the city, Dr. Harish Shetty, has taken to the Bombay High Court over the plight of patients who are still in hospitals, even though they are not seriously mentally ill.His PIL urges the implementation of the Mental Health Act, 2017 in Maharashtra, saying it protects the rights of mentally ill people … Read more