Vegetables to be grown at Institute of Mental Health, will be sold to government hospitals

Profits from business will go to the institute’s residents

Steps will be taken to cultivate vegetables on the campus of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), and they will be supplied to major government hospitals in the city, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said.

Noting that many residents of IMH had improved with treatment but had no place to go due to lack of acceptance and neglect by families, he said, “We will bring such residents together and take steps to raise vegetables on the vacant lands available on the campus... We found that tapioca, varieties of plantain, lady’s fingers and brinjal grow well on the campus.”

The vegetables raised would be supplied to major hospitals, such as the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, the Government Omandurar Medical College Hospital, the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital, the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital and the Government Royapettah Hospital, he told reporters after inaugurating both the Rvive Cafe, a business run by residents of the IMH, and the World Suicide Prevention Day event on Friday.