pranayam – meditation. The supportive services available in different hospitals are given below: i) Occupational Therapy Units The occupational therapy plays a significant role to promote unity, solidarity, discipline, bonhomie concentration and creativity. The occupational therapy is a tool of acquisition of market relevant skills/trades for social and economic rehabilitation of patients after their treatment and full recovery. The skill training helps to develop right attitude towards work and develop respect for dignity of labour; promote physical and mental well-being of inmates and constructive development of human mind, promote gregariousness, a sprint of fellowship, a cooperative way of living, group adjustment and solidarity; promote and develop capacity for sustained hard work; help to build habits of concentration, steadiness, regularity and precision in work; impart and improve work skills; help to awaken the self-confidence and self-reliance of inmates; impart an occupational status and thus instil a sense of economic security among inmates; keep inmates gainfully employed in meaningful and productive work. Hence it restores the functionality of the patients and facilitates their reintegration into the family, community and society by making them productive. The functioning of occupational therapy units for male and female patients in different mental health centres is as under: The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Hyderabad (19th and 20th July, 2010) There were no separate occupational therapy units for male and female patients in IMH for skill training, behavioural therapy and economic rehabilitation. The OT unit in the hospital was equipped to impart trades/skills in carpentry, cover making, candle making and weaving but that was non-functional due absence of any sanctioned post of OT instructor, arrangement for procurement of raw materials and sale of finished products and there was correspondingly no arrangement for payment of some remuneration to the inmates. Government Hospital for Mental Care (GHMC), Vishakhapatnam (30th and 31st March, 2009) The hospital authorities had started Manovikas a training and rehabilitation centre for mentally ill persons in the hospital premises on August 2007. Manageable patients were drawn from the wards and sent to Manovikas every day and were engaged in tailoring, making candles, soft toys, paper plates and pot painting pots etc. Government of India has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 34.00 lakhs for construction of a full-fledged occupational therapy unit in GHMC Vishakhapatnam. The State Govt. should monitor the pace and progress of construction of the unit which will be taken up by APHMHIDC. 94 National Human Rights Commission