UT Administration Directed to Conduct Awareness Drive for Mental Health Group Home Admissions, Intake of Paying Senior Citizens Deferred: Punjab & Haryana High Court

In an important public interest matter concerning mental healthcare facilities, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the UT Chandigarh Administration to conduct a large-scale awareness campaign regarding admissions to the Group Home for persons with mental illness situated in Sector 31-C, Chandigarh. The Court observed that inadequate publicity about the facility and the reduction in security deposit charges may have prevented eligible mental health patients from seeking admission. As…