Archive · 12 Aug 2025
Maharashtra to Boost Security at Mental Hospital After Patient Disappearances
The government is making Yerawada Mental Hospital safer.
They're hiring more guards and putting up more cameras because some patients have gone missing.
So far this year, four patients have disappeared, though two have been found.
The hospital is also dealing with staff shortages.
They are trying to make the hospital a safer place.
Maharashtra approves hiring more security and installing CCTV cameras at Yerawada Mental Hospital.
The hospital will increase its security personnel from 15 to 53.
Four patients have gone missing this year, leading to investigations.
Six hospital attendants were suspended following the disappearances.
The hospital has vacant psychiatrist and attendant positions.
- Who
- Maharashtra government, hospital staff, and patients.
- What
- Maharashtra government approved to hire additional security personnel and install CCTV cameras at Yerawada Mental Hospital after several patients went missing.
- When
- The proposal was approved recently.
- Where
- Yerawada Regional Mental Hospital in Maharashtra.
- Why
- To enhance security following patient disappearances and address staff shortages.
- Security Personnel Increase
- From 15 to 53
- CCTV Installation
- 132 cameras
- Missing Patient Cases (2024)
- 4
- Hospital Size
- 86 acres
- Current Patients
- 951