NIMHANS to get new building for residents in northern Bengaluru

Mental Health

The foundation stone for the new building will be virtually laid by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa from the Vidhana Soudha on Friday.

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The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru will be expanding its facilities and build a new campus to cater to individuals living in North Bengaluru. As per a press release from the institute, this new building will make the hospital facilities more accessible to people living in northern parts of the city. “Every year, nearly six lakh patients make use of these services. To make services more accessible, in the northern part of Bengaluru, NIMHANS is setting up out-patient and counselling services for trauma and mental health. This is a forerunner of a larger hospital complex that it has been planning,” said the release. The expansion of NIMHANS facilities is also part of the Karnataka’s e-Manas initiative. The Karnataka Mental Healthcare Management System (e-Manas) is an IT-based digital platform to manage mental health care services as per the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA). This digital initiative is a government collaborative with NIMHANS, the e-Health Research Centre (EHRC), and International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru (IIIT-B). “The software supports a Karnataka state-wide registry of MHEs and Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) and the e-Manas portal also provides effective redressal of grievances arising during the care of a person with mental illness by linking it with respective Mental Health Review Boards (MHRB),” read a report issued by the state government in May about the e-Manas portal. The foundation stone for the new building will be virtually laid by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa from the Vidhana Soudha on Friday. The event will also mark the inauguration of the e-Manas portal. It will be live-streamed on NIMHANS’ Youtube channel. Once the e-Manas platform is up and running, hospitals and mental healthcare providers can register online for easier access to individuals to verify. This comes as a relief when the lockdown has left several individuals without adequate access to mental healthcare, which has highlighted the need to address various mental health-related grievances.

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Karnataka reports 442 new COVID-19 cases, 113 from Bengaluru

Coronavirus

The number of active cases in Bengaluru stands at 1,207.

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Karnataka continues to see a spike in COVID-19 cases as 442 new patients tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday. Among these, 113 patients are from Bengaluru city.  Among the new cases reported in the state, 23 are foreign returnees and another 81 are interstate passengers.  While a total of 519 patients were discharged on Thursday, 3,716 are undergoing treatment, of which 1,207 patients are in Bengaluru. Of the 160 patients being treated in intensive care units, 112 are from Bengaluru. The total number of positive cases till date in the state stands at 10,560. Among the 113 cases in Bengaluru, four patients have SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) and 59 patients have influenza-like illness (ILI). While the contact or travel history of 33 patients is yet to be traced, 11 are contacts of infected patients and six are interstate travellers. Twelve districts in Karnataka saw more than 10 new cases on Thursday: Kalaburagi (35), Ramanagara (33), Dakshina Kannada (29), Ballari and Dharwad (26 each), Mysuru (22), Bagalkote and Kodagu (18 each), Udupi (14), Hassan and Bengaluru Rural (12 each) and Uttara Kannada (11).  While Vijayapura, Gadag and Haveri districts reported 10 cases each, other districts reported less than 10 cases. Six more deaths in Karnataka With six more deaths reported among COVID-19 patients, the death toll is now 170 for Karnataka.  Three of the deaths have been reported from Bengaluru Rural district and one each from Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada and Kalaburagi. Among the COVID-19 fatalities reported on Thursday is a 38-year-old man from Bengaluru Rural, who died on June 21, three days after hospitalisation. He was diagnosed with SARI and had complained of fever, cough and breathlessness. All the other patients were 60 years of age or above, including an 87-year-old man who died on Wednesday in Mysuru and had travelled from Bengaluru.

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