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Mental health patients detained in hospital wards for up to 21 years

April 23, 2019 Loknath Das21, Detained, for, Health, hospital, In, mental, Patients:, to, Up, wards, Years

Library image. One patient at Birmingham and Solihull mental health NHS foundation trust spent 7,914 days – more than 21 years – in one of the wards. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian A patient locked in a secure ward for more than 21 years is among hundreds of people with mental health problems being kept in what one MP has called “old-style asylums” in NHS hospitals, an investigation can reveal. Keeping people in so-called “locked rehabilitation wards” has been condemned as “outdated and sometimes institutionalised care”, by the NHS watchdog, with many patients…

Manipur Journalist Detained for “Abusing” PM Modi, BJP On Social Media

December 21, 2018 Loknath Das"Abusing", BJP, Detained, for, Journalist, Manipur, Media, Modi, On, PM, Social

The journalist’s lawyer will appeal against his detention in court. New Delhi: A television journalist has been detained for criticising Manipur’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on social media under a law intended to ensure national security, leading to protests in national capital New Delhi. He will remain in custody for a year, the highest period of detention permitted under the National Security Act (NSA), a government statement read. Kishorechandra Wangkhem, 39, was working for a television channel in the the northeastern state last month when he uploaded several video…