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These patients with mental illness run an automated laundry service to earn a living

These patients with mental illness run an automated laundry service to earn a living

Wednesday June 01, 2016 , 1 min Read

An automated laundry service launched in a mental health hospital in Kolkata seeks to give the inmates an opportunity to work and earn a daily wage, organisers say. Called ‘Dhobi Ghar’, the spacious automated laundry has been set up in state-run Calcutta Pavlov Hospital and was inaugurated on last Saturday by West Bengal’s Minister for Social Welfare, Shashi Panja.

Representation Image, Source - The Indian Express
Representation Image, Source – The Indian Express

“The idea is to challenge the very notion that people with mental illness can’t become workers. The work they are doing in the laundry proves they have a value-based role in life”, said Ratnaboli Ray, Founder of Anjali, a mental health rights organisation.

According to The Indian Express, the laundry project was set up by Anjali in collaboration with state government’s health and family welfare department. It has Sparsh Foundation as a technical partner and is enabled by The Hans Foundation. “It is for empowerment and livelihood and hygiene, You won’t find this anywhere in India”, said Minister Panja.

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