Doors open for asylum inmates

Kozhikode: Twenty cured inmates of the Government Mental Hospital here have located their relatives in North Indian states after decades of hapless life in the mental asylum. 

Thanks to the efforts of the Rapid Action Force personnel  from Tamil Nadu who came to the state as part of a law and order mission. The 50-member team, including the commandant,  camped in the mental asylum for a  day interviewing the inmates to locate their places.

The hospital authorities have been struggling to rehabilitate about 70  patients who were cured years ago. Many of them were abandoned by relatives while others from distant places were admitted by the police after they were found roaming in the city.

The RAF camp in the mental hospital was the brainchild of city police commissioner P.A. Valsan who made all arrangements to facilitate an interaction session between the inmates and the personnel.

Hospital superintendent Dr N. Rajendran told DC that the team members had a prolonged interview with the inmates and some of them had  been staying in the hospital for decades even after getting cured. “We are taking steps  to bring the relatives here and send the inmates back home,”  he added.

 

 

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