various teaching departments, laboratories and a new library along with a reading room. Based on the functional requirements of the teaching block, a good functional design should be prepared with the help of an experienced architect. After getting the design and estimates of construction prepared by PWD for the teaching block approved by the MC, the State Government should be approached for provision of funds for the said construction. · The triangular open space near the male open ward measuring 787.50 sq. Metre in GMA should be developed into a mini park for relaxation of the patients with relatives in the morning and afternoon hours. · The State PWD may be asked to cover the open drain and the Commissioner Gwalior Municipal Corporation may be requested to divert the flow of waste water somewhere else instead of allowing the same to flow through the open kutcha drain behind the halfway home. Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Cuttack (4th and 5th July 2011) IMH had been located on a small plot of land measuring 1.8 acres in an extreme corner of SCB Medical College. The space available for meeting the barest minimum needs of a small sized 60 bedded hospital was extremely limited and there was practically no scope for future expansion. The landscape of IMH had been much lower than the level of the road going in front of it. Since no paving of the surface had been done, the entire rain water had been entering the compound of the hospital. The CPWD with a grant-in-aid of Rs. 1.51 crores provided by the Government of India had remodelled the old OPD and administration-cum Seminar block of the hospital to a modern OPD complex. The remodelled OPD complex had entrance verandah (open); OPD Waiting hall with 176 chairs; May I help you counter; 2 Registration counters; Chamber for data entry operator; Drug dispensing unit (old registration counter of OPD had been converted to a drug dispensing unit) for the time being; Psychiatrist room and Consultant’s duty room; Assistant Surgeon’s Consultation room accommodating 3 Assistant Surgeons; Office room accommodating Associate Professor and Assistant Professor; Library room; Conference room-cum-class room – cum-seminar room; Reading room; 2 Male and 1 Female ward. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India had chosen IMH to be a Centre of Excellence and provided an outlay of Rs. 18 crores for civil works. The six storey structure with built up area of 100000 sq.ft. proposed under Centre of Excellence would be architecturally and aesthetically pleasing; commodious, airy and well lighted; functionally convenient and comfortable. The components covered under this included upgradation of existing facilities in the OPD and IPD, creation of a new teaching block, creation of laboratory facilities to strengthen investigation and treatment, canteen, trainees hostel, yoga and meditation centre, occupational therapy unit, attendants rest room, reading room Care and Treatment in Mental Health Institutions– Some Glimpses in the Recent Period 29