NHRC Flags Implementation Gap in Mental Healthcare Act 2017

On 2nd February, 2023, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in a report flagged the “inhuman and deplorable” condition of all 46 government-run mental healthcare institutions across the country.

  • The human rights body’s observations were made after visits to all operational government facilities, to assess the implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA).

Findings of NHRC

  • The facilities are “illegally” keeping patients long after their recovery, in what is an infringement of the human rights of mentally ill patients.
  • There was acute shortage of doctors and staff and in many cases, cured patients were being kept illegally in the hospitals.
  • None of ....
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