Medical College and delivered to the IMH wards. There is no provision of hiring the services of barbers for male and female patients in the Institute and there were no barbers for haircutting of inmates. With a view to ensure hair cutting services, it is necessary to engage the services of 2 barbers, one for male and another for female patients. The canteen was functioning very close to an open drain in a very unhygienic environment. The floors of the wards were untidy because of the filth and dirt of the shoes of persons coming in and going out of the wards and the inadequate number of sanctioned posts of the sweepers. An open drain in front of the male and female wards was a source of pollution. The heavy accumulation of water during the rains was making the overall surrounding untidy. The waste water flowing through the open drain and carrying the effluents had been producing stench apart from breeding flies and mosquitoes. The arrangement for scientific disposal of biomedical wastes was not very satisfactory. The outsourcing agency hired by SCB Medical College, Cuttack was not regularly collecting and disposing off the biomedical waste. The bins provided by SCB Medical College to IMH were grossly inadequate in relation to the requirement. As a result the disposable wastes were accumulating and polluting the environment and adding to the discontentment of the public. Steps may be taken to construct additional toilet block adjacent to male/female ward to bring patient toilet ratio to the desired level. The kucha open drain needs to be closed. A pucca closed drain should be constructed in its place. Since the CPWD had declined to take up this work, the PWD should be persuaded to take up the work at the earliest in the larger interest of health and personal hygiene of all inmates. Secretary, Health may write formally to Works Secretary on urgency of the work to be done by the PWD. The disposal of biomedical waste of IMH may be incorporated while planning construction of a new six storey block. In the meantime the existing agency may be changed with the better performing one to carry the process of disposal of biomedical waste to its logical conclusion. Mental Hospital (MH), Varanasi (5th July, 2010) There was no mechanized laundry in the mental hospital Varanasi and the laundry services were provided manually by a single old washer man. The services of single washer man for 331 bed hospital were quite inadequate. There was delay in delivery of clothes as washer man was finding it difficult to cope with workload. The DGHS had been moved for sanction of 3 washer men but there was no response. Since this is a 200 year old hospital it is not known if the sewer lines have been scientifically laid in the beginning, there are only soak pits, whether the hospital sewer has been connected to the main sewer of Varanasi city, whether they have 92 National Human Rights Commission