De-addiction, mental health centres under scanner

FOLLOWING instructions from the Tamil Nadu State Mental Health Authority (TNSMHA), health department officials across the state have been secretly conducting intensive checks at all homes and institutions that provide shelter and care to people with intellectual disabilities, as well as offer de-addiction training.

- R KIRUBAKARAN @Coimbatore

They plan to check all places such as hospital sections for mental health treatment, dedicated mental health hospitals, de-addiction centres, and homes for people with mental illness (MI homes).

There are 830 institutions that come under these categories across the state. About 450 of them are de-addiction centres registered under the TNSMHA.