patient per day, Principal Secretary Health may takes up the matter with Principal Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies for arranging food grains at controlled prices from PDS at controlled prices to the hospital. The kitchen block and dining hall in the wards were fairly commodious and had adequate light. The kitchen, however, did not have an ideal location which could be central to the wards where food would be transported. Kitchen walls had holes, floor was damaged at a number of points and windows were shattered. There were only two exhaust fans and there was no chimney, fly proof wiremesh all around and flyproof automatic closing doors. Vegetables were cut on tables as there were no properly installed platforms fitted with water taps for washing vegetables. The arrangement for storage of food grains, sugar, edible oil, condiments/spices, fruits and vegetables was neither adequate nor scientific. The central store room was small and storage of many food items partly on the platforms and partly on the floor made it rather congested. Hospital authorities need to attend repair work of the kitchen repairs and leakage in the dining hall on urgent basis. Chimney and requisite number of exhaust fans need to be installed. Adequate arrangement should be made for storage of food grains and dry ration, fruits and vegetables in separate compartments and kept on platforms rather than on the floors. Food was transported from the kitchen by trolleys to the inmates block/wards and served soon after its preparation. There was leakage of water in the roof of the dining hall and in the absence of benches in the dining hall patients had to sit on the floor to take their food. The relatives/family members of the patients were either bringing their food from outside or cooking themselves in the hospital premises. A dining hall needs to be constructed for all wards and furnished with table and chairs/benches. Government Hospital for Mental Care (GHMC), Vishakhapatnam (30th and 31st March, 2009) The patients were provided breakfast, lunch and dinner and there was no provision for morning or evening tea. The Government of Andhra Pradesh increased the diet charges from Rs. 20 to Rs.28 per patient for providing diet consisting of 2400 kilo calorie, protein - 80 grams and fat - 30 grams. The family members staying with the patients in the family ward had to make their own arrangements for food. Some of them must be managing with the food supplied to the patients and causing further reduction of patient’s intake. The gap of 12 hours between dinner and breakfast might cause gastric problems. Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Shahdara 13th August, 2010) The IHBAS strived to provide safe, hygienic and nutritive food to inpatients of the Institute. The entire process of cooking and distribution of food was supervised 76 National Human Rights Commission