How a century-old mental hospital in Nagpur is being prepped as the city’s exemplar institution
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A hospital that is accessed by 50,000 people a year from all over Vidarbha, Nagpur Regional Mental Hospital is getting a makeover to address the region’s growing mental health needs.
One of Nagpur’s oldest mental hospitals was started in 1884 but was then functioning under a pejorative name of 'lunatic asylum'. The hospital slowly transformed with time as an out-patient’s department was introduced in 1959 and was subsequently renamed Nagpur Regional Mental Hospital. This hospital is now accessed by 50,000 people a year coming from eight districts of Vidarbha.