{"id":2812,"date":"2023-10-03T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgconsulting.in\/?page_id=2812"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:59:08","slug":"visit-to-mental-asylum-thane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dgconsulting.in\/index.php\/visit-to-mental-asylum-thane\/","title":{"rendered":"VISIT TO MENTAL ASYLUM, THANE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2812\" class=\"elementor elementor-2812\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18d43536 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"18d43536\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e02bcea\" data-id=\"7e02bcea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635dda66 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"635dda66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div id=\"page\" class=\"site\"><div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\"><div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><div class=\"container\"><article id=\"post-12490\" class=\"post-12490 page type-page status-publish hentry category-projects\"><div class=\"entry-content\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  project-description\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Report on the Visit to Thane Mental Asylum on February 22, 2020(Saturday.)<\/p><p>Ten of us who visited Thane Mental Hospital thanks to our Harish Iyer\u2019s generous gift hampers to more than 300 patients at their sports events and Bharati\u2019s efforts to facilitate this, came back with a heart filled with gratitude.<\/p><p>Satish and Harish played Saarthi as well. We all had a beautiful ride to the hospital.<\/p><p>What was so striking about this place was the happy contented faces of patients and staff members. There was no sign of stress or irritation on any one\u2019s face.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>While we gave away the gift hampers to winners in several sports events, each one of us received nice flower bouquets hand-made by them. Many patients admitted there and receiving treatment are doctors, engineers, actors, call centre employees. The Director, Supervisor and counsellors are very empathetic. One of the participants read out a beautiful poem and she has a collection of 70 poems already. We have offered to publish the poems.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We saw various items they make \u2013 like wall hangings, purses, haldi-kumkum containers and so on. Our Kamalini has proposed to them that she would like to conduct a drawing workshop and donate painting material for those who participate.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The facility is very spacious, well lit, clean and well-maintained. Government outlay of 50 crores a year is available to run the place. There are about 960 patients who live there. Those who can afford are taken care of at a cost of just Rs 22 per day! For others it is free.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Thank you Bharati and Harish for making this experience possible. Thank you Leja, Satish, Manju, Kamalini, Rekha, and Adarsh for giving us company. The lunch at Tip Top was very fulfilling especially with the light hearted banter we all had\u00a0?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In this context, I share a poem, a plea for acceptance that I read online, written by Eileen, a girl who was ones admitted for psychiatric care:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2018My friends and I live on a supermarket shelf<br \/>Inside jars tins and boxes<br \/>Our labels announcing we are<br \/>50 percent depressed,<br \/>30 percent psychotic,<br \/>20 percent suicidal<br \/>100 percent mentally ill,<br \/>check the lid for the \u201cbest before\u201d date<\/p><p>And although we live under lock and key<br \/>My friends are the bravest people you\u2019ll ever meet<br \/>We may be shattered but that doesn\u2019t mean<br \/>That we can\u2019t still gleam in the sunlight<br \/>Tarnished silver still shines in the right light<br \/>The pain may be constant but we are not<br \/>Always screaming, crying, shouting<br \/>Hitting, kicking, throwing<br \/>Pulling, pushing, scratching, scarring<br \/>Bleeding.<br \/>We are not wrong because we \u201cmalfunction\u201d<br \/>Because in our lives we missed the right junction\u2026<br \/>It\u2019s about time we were recognized as people.<br \/>Not as symptoms or fears but as kids who lost a couple of years to illness and hurt<br \/>This doesn\u2019t mean this defines us<br \/>This does not make us broken<br \/>We may not be strong, we are fallible<br \/>But we at least are not irreparable.\u2019<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Friends, while writing this report my heart fills with gratitude that God has helped many of us stay strong in spite of stress, and prays for those who could not.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><section class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1539089803568 vc_section-has-fill\" data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"true\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\u00a0<\/div><\/section><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"wraper_footer style-three\"><div class=\"wraper_footer_copyright\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row footer_copyright\"><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\"><div class=\"footer_copyright_item text-left\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISIT TO MENTAL ASYLUM, THANE Visit to Mental Asylum, Thane Report on the Visit to Thane Mental Asylum on February 22, 2020(Saturday.) 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