Day care centres to give succour to mentally ill

16-Jun-2014

BANGALORE : All district hospitals in the State will soon have a Day Care Centre to help patients with mental illnesses recover soon. They will also offer vocational training to them post recovery.

The centres will be started on a public-private partnership model by the State government. A team of experts will facilitate starting of the centres. Based on the interest and abilities of individuals, they will be trained in various fields. Patients will be taught simple tasks such as candle-making, craft work and computers.

Dr Mamata, district family welfare officer and mental health officer, Bangalore, told Deccan Herald that they had invited applications from non-government and voluntary organisations to set up the centres. Each of these centres has been allotted Rs 1.6 lakh, she said. The NGOs are expected to satisfy a list of conditions to get permission to start the centres.

“Among the main conditions are that they should have a minimum of three years experience in the field of mental health and an able psychiatrist on board who can treat patients,” Mamata said. Along with the psychiatrist, social workers who will be a part of the team will be entrusted with the responsibility of counselling the family members.

This facility had to be put in place by November last year. However, due to various technical challenges, it was put off. Officials hope that the first-of-its-kind initiative will be operational in a month.

Mamata said that since Bangalore did not have a district hospital of its own, C V Raman Hospital in Indiranagar was chosen for starting the centre. The office of the district health officer had, earlier this month, invited applications from non-governmental organisations to start the day care centres.

The officer has received five applications so far.

“Of the five NGOs that have applied, only two fulfil the criteria,” she said. A committee formed by the deputy commissioner is looking into further details, the officer said. Once the centres are approved, there will be a review of their functioning every three months, she added.

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Don’t transfer parents of differently-abled kids: Govt

11-Jun-2014 Govt employees who have differently-abled children to take care of will be exempted from routine transfers and they will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings. NEW DELHI: Government employees who have differently-abled children to take care of will be exempted from routine transfers and they will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings, the Centre has said. A government employee with a disabled child serves as the main caregiver and any displacement of such employee will have a bearing on the systemic rehabilitation of the child since the new environment or set-up could prove to be a hindrance for the rehabilitation process, it said. The word ‘disabled’ includes blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, leprosy, mental retardation, mental illness and multiple disabilities, a department of personnel and training (DoPT) order said. “Upbringing and rehabilitation of disabled child require financial support. Making the government employee to choose voluntary retirement on the pretext of routine transfer or rotation transfer would have adverse impact on the rehabilitation process of the disabled child,” DoPT said in its directive to all central ministries and departments. “The support system (for rehabilitation) comprises preferred linguistic zone, school or academic level, administration, neighbours, tutors or special educators, friends, medical care including hospitals and therapists,” it said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dont-transfer-parents-of-differently-abled-kids-Govt/articleshow/36367586.cms Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents No.42011/3/2014-Estt.(Res.) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi Dated the 6th June, 2014 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents — reg. There has been demand that a Government employee who is a care giver of the disabled child may not have to suffer due to displacement by means of routine transfer/rotational transfers. This demand has been made on the ground that a Government employee raises a kind of support system for his/her disabled child over a period of time in the locality where he/she resides which helps them in the rehabilitation. 2. The matter has been examined. Rehabilitation is a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, and psychiatric or a social functional level. The support system comprises of preferred linguistic zone, school/academic level, administration, neighbours, tutors/special educators, friends, medical care including hospitals, therapists and doctors, etc. Thus, rehabilitation is a continuous process and creation of such support system takes years together. 3. Considering that the Government employee.who has disabled child serve as the main care giver of such child, any displacement of such Government employee will have a bearing on the systemic rehabilitation of the disabled child since the new environment/set up could prove to be a hindrance for the rehabilitation process of the child. Therefore, a Government servant who is also a care giver of disabled child may be exempted from the routine exercise of transfer/rotational transfer subject to the administrative constraints. The word ‘disabled’ includes (i) blindness or low vision (ii) hearing impairment (iii) locomotor disability or Cerebral Palsy (iv) leprosy cured (v) mental retardation (vi) mental illness and (vii) multiple disabilities. 4. Upbringing and rehabilitation of disabled child requires financial support. Making the Government employee to choose voluntary retirement on the pretext of routine transfer/rotation transfer would have adverse impact on the rehabilitation process of the disabled child. 5. This issues with the approval of MoS(PP). 6. All the Ministries/Departments, etc. are requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned under their control. (Debabrata Das) Under Secretary to the Govt. of India Source: www.persmin.nic.in [ http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/42011_3_2014-Estt.Res.-06062014.pdf ]

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Mother, son hang selves in Ponda

23-Jul-2013

PONDA: A mother and son hung themselves to dead in their house at Nagzar-Ponda on Monday. Yeshwant Venji, a casual labourer with a cement baluster maker in Ponda, said that his son Amresh, 29, was mentally ill and under treatment and due to this illness his wife (Amresh’s mother) Sukanti, 42, was depressed. Sukanti had threatened on several occasions that she would end her life, police said. Police said Venji found them hanging from the ceiling fans of their house in the afternoon .

The police have retrieved the dead bodies and preserved them at the GMC mortuary for autopsies to be conducted on Tuesday. The case has been registered as unnatural death under Sections 174 of criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) at the Ponda police station.

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