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Shifting of mentally ill patients from hospitals to beggar homes violates Mental Healthcare Act- SC

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The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea pertaining to rehabilitation of mentally ill patients languished in hospitals, directed the State of Maharashtra to do away with the practice of shifting such patients to beggar homes or old age homes as it contradicts the objective and spirit of Mental Healthcare Act.