Annual Report 2012-2013 consisting of medical consultation and free medicines, free hygienic accommodation, halfway homes, hospitalization and treatment of patients at the Taluk hospital. Besides, it recommended awareness generation among the people in the area through relevant IEC material. The report submitted by NIMHANS was forwarded by the Commission to the Government of Madhya Pradesh. 5.18 On 26 October 2012, the Commission organized a meeting of all stakeholders to review the implementation status of the suggestions made by NIMHANS. This meeting was attended by the representatives of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and NGOs working in the area. In this meeting, it was decided that the Government of Madhya Pradesh will post a Psychiatrist in the District who will be visiting the Civil Hospital at Sausar; the State Government will provide free medicines to the patients attending the psychiatric clinic run by SEVAC at the Civil Hospital in Sausar; the State Government will further take steps to include these medicines in the State List of free medicines; the doctors at the Hospital will be given adequate training for dealing with mentally ill patients; the Director, Health Services, Government of Madhya Pradesh will visit the Temple and the Hospital to monitor the sanitary and health conditions of mentally ill patients; the '108' emergency ambulance service will be extended to Chhindwara District; necessary cooperation will be extended by the District Administration to the team of SEVAC for providing psychiatric treatment to the mentally ill patients languishing in the temple; and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will take steps to include Chhindwara District under the 'District Mental Health Programme' and the establishment of a Psychiatric Clinic in Sausar Hospital under the National Rural Health Mission. The Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of all these recommendations so that relief is provided to the mentally ill patients and their families languishing in the temple and its vicinity. Status of Mental Health Institutions: Filing of Application in Supreme Court 5.19 Upon being entrusted by the Supreme Court to monitor the functioning of three mental hospitals in Agra, Gwalior and Ranchi in 1997, and as mandated under Section 12(c) of the PHRA, the Commission has been regularly undertaking visits to these hospitals since then to see the living conditions prevailing there. 5.20 Simultaneously, the Commission from 1997 onwards has taken significant initiatives. It would be worthwhile to give a brief description about the improvements made in the functioning of three mental hospitals in Agra, Gwalior and Ranchi, especially with regard to their administration and management due to Commission's continuous involvement and monitoring, including meeting with their respective Directors and Chairpersons of the Management Committees of the three hospitals, Health Secretary of Government of India and the Health Secretaries of States where the mental hospitals are located. Noteworthy among these improvements are: • The admission and discharge of patients has been streamlined in accordance NHRC 69