Punjab’s non-public drug rehab centres dealing with closure
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Drug Rehabilitation Centres Union (PDRCU) on Thursday sought intervention of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to evaluation a coverage of the earlier Congress authorities that has introduced such centres being run within the non-public sector to the verge of closure.
Members of the particular committee arrange by the PDRCU mentioned they’ve given many representations to officers of the Well being Division to revoke the coverage.
Kunal Lakhanpal, a member of the committee, mentioned: “In 2020 the then Congress authorities mandated that each rehab centre ought to have a psychiatrist, an MBBS physician and a nurse on its payroll. It’s illogical as no medication is to be given at these centres. We admit individuals after cleansing. Such individuals are offered counselling. The thought is to make them mentally sturdy in order that they do not fall prey to medicine once more.”
One other member mentioned Angad Singh mentioned that the coverage result in excessive working prices, which “we can’t meet given the truth that we run small centres and the charge charged from sufferers can also be naked minimal because the affected households, by and huge, are poor”.
Below the coverage, some non-public rehab centres have already been served with closure notices. Some have even closed. There are instances the place rehab centres have shifted from Punjab and arrange bases in neighbouring states.
One other committee member Sanjeev Sharma mentioned: “In case the coverage is enforced in its present type, 74 non-public rehab centres might be shut down.”