Appreciating the efforts of medical professionals, administrative personnel of one of the premier mental healthcare institutions of the country in providing quality medical facilities to the patients, Minister - Health and Family Welfare, Ramchandra Chandravanshi on the 93rd Foundation Day of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS) on Tuesday said that the institution is doing worth commendable job and has registered a distinct place in Neuro-Psychiatry treatment in India.
“Even in the limited resources, this mental care institution is serving the patients. The success of the institution can be figured out with the number of patients coming to this place annually. As per the records, 16,000 patients with different mental ailments visited RINPAS in 2001 and till 2017, the institution has treated around one lakh patients,” said Chandravanshi.
The Health Minister assured all kind of support to the institution on the occasion. Further, he added that the doors of RINPAS is not just opened for the patients of its own State but those coming from the adjoining regions are also admitted and given proper treatment here. “Despite of the challenges and constraints, the doctors here are lending their services with utmost dedication. Rs . 70 crore of Bihar Government is unpaid to the hospital yet we are helping the patients of other States,” the Minister further said.
Meanwhile, taking into account the records of the increasing cases of psychological diseases, Principal Secretary – Department of Health and Family Welfare, Nidhi Khare on the occasion announced that the department is putting efforts to establish one mental health care centre each in all the 24 districts of the State to curtail the cases of mental ailments.
The Principal Secretary said that besides establishing health and wellness centers, it is important to create awareness among various sections of the society about mental problems –anxiety, depression etc. “For early detection and prevention of mental ailments, awareness is immensely important especially for the youths. After the launch of 104 -- toll free number service, as many as 52 calls related to mental health problems have been received by the operators, which clearly indicates that a large population at some point of time faces problem related to mental health,” Khare added.
Presenting a consolidated report, Director, RINPAS – Dr. Shubash Soren said that mental health problems must be given priority as according to World Health Organisation (WHO) report considering point prevalence rate, 10 per cent people suffer from some kind of mental ailments while from birth to death almost 25 per cent people at some point in the life time suffer from mental health problem.
“By 2020, after cardiac problem, mental ailments will become the second major health issue. Following the present scenario, out of 100 patients, 10 patients only get proper treatment, when it comes to psychiatry. In context to Jharkhand, 90 per cent patients fail to get proper treatment, which is a great cause of concern,” added Soren.