Kandigaiperi hospital gets new facility for mentally ill people
The Hindu
Emergency Care and Rescue Centre can serve 20 people at a time
The Government Hospital at Kandigaiperi in Tirunelveli Town, which is all set to get new buildings to accommodate new departments and more facilities to serve people from the western parts of the district, has added a new facility - an Emergency Care and Rescue Centre (ECRC). With the guidance of Banyan, a Chennai-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) which has been rescuing and rehabilitating mentally ill patients since 1993, the ECRC here can serve 20 rescued mentally ill persons at a time. R-Soya, a Tirunelveli-based NGO, has joined hands with Banyan in this venture.More Related News
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