Lok Sabha Question No. 3140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Rehabiltation Centres
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## Government of India Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Lok Sabha

Unstarred Question No. 3140 To be answered on 22.03.2022

## REHABILTATION CENTRES

## 3140.  SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT सामािजक ᭠याय और अिधकाᳯरता मंᮢी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the  Government has established cognitive rehabilitation daycare centres, internet deaddiction  centres,  post-natal  depression  counselling,  new  born  hearing  special  screening  and expansion of emergency care and recovery centres for the mentally ill;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total funds granted and utilized during the last five years, Statewise; and
- (c)  if not, the reasons therefor ?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

(a)  to  (c)  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  has  informed  that  there  are  four  internet  de-addiction centres in Government setup-SHUT clinic (Service for Healthy Use of Technology) at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru and Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Behavioral addiction Clinics at  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi  and Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tejpur. Shut clinic at NIMHANS received  funds  from  National  funding  agency  (Indian  Council  for  Medical  Research,  Department  of Health  Research,  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology)  to  carry  out  community  survey  to  assess  the magnitude, burden of technology use; pilot testing of intervention program for promotion of healthy use of technology & yoga as an adjunct modality for promotion of healthy use of technology.

As  regards  postnatal  depression,  District  Mental  Health  Programme  (DMHP)  staff  has  been  trained  in handling postpartum depression.  In some states as part of the DMHP, training is also provided to Medical Officers,  ANMs  and  ASHAs.  Kerala  and  Karnataka  have  started  screening  for  postpartum  depression integrated with routine maternal health. NIMHANS has started a certificate course in perinatal psychiatry.

## ANSWER

All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore has newborn hearing special screening program, which is also run at its 29 extension centres.  All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS),  New  Delhi and  Postgraduate  Institute  of  Medical  Education  and  Research  (PGIMER), Chandigarh, also  have newborn hearing special  screening  program.  Government  of Kerala,  under  State Initiative  on  Disability  also  runs  such  programme  in  68  District/Taluk  hospitals.    In  the State  of  Tamil Nadu, the State Commissioner for the persons with disabilities has established Early Diagnostic Centres in 29  districts  of  Tamil  Nadu.  These centres  are equipped with  sophisticated  equipment  for screening  of newborn  babies.   Early  Diagnostic  Centres   for  the  hearing  impaired  is  managed  by  the  Audiologist at District  Rehabilitation Centre in 29 districts aimed at screening, diagnosing and intervening newborn babies and children with hearing impairment in the age group of 0 to 5 years.

To cater to the emergency and recovery needs of patients with mental illness, India has 47 government mental hospitals and 15 AIIMS. In addition, a number of medical colleges (both government and private) across the length and breadth of the country have departments of Psychiatry with emergency and recovery care.  Many  District  hospitals  particularly  in  the  southern  states  have  emergency  and  care  facilities  for persons with psychiatric problems.

Further,  this  Ministry  in  June  2021,  has  set-up  14  cross  disability  early  intervention  centres  at  its Institutes/Centres located at Mumbai, Secunderabad, Chennai, New Delhi, Dehradun, Kolkata, Cuttack, Bhopal, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Nellore, Patna, Rajnandgaon and Sundernagar. These centres are equipped for  screening  of  risk  cases/disability  including  mental  illness,  providing  rehabilitation  services  such  as speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy  and behavioural therapy, parental/peer counselling and school readiness facilities.

In  addition,  Department  of  Social  Justice  &  Empowerment  under  this  Ministry  started  a  National  Toll Free  Helpline  (14446)  24x7  with  effect  from  1st  March,  2017  for  prevention  of  alcohol  and  drug addictions,  wherein  counselling  and  referral  services  to  the  callers  are  being  provided  for  drug  deaddiction in Hindi and English language.

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