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Navi Mumbai Opens Centre for Addiction Recovery and Rehabilitation
Navi Mumbai has opened a centre to help people recover from addiction.
The centre has 10 beds for patients.
Doctors will check patients and provide medicines when needed.
Psychologists and counsellors will help patients deal with stress, depression, fear and negative thoughts.
Patients can also take part in yoga, meditation and exercise.
Games such as carrom and chess will provide recreation.
Police and city officials hope the centre will help people return to their communities.
The facility is part of a campaign to make Navi Mumbai free from drugs.
Navi Mumbai Police and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation jointly established a 10-bed de-addiction and rehabilitation centre.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the facility on Saturday.
The centre will provide medical evaluation, medication, psychotherapy, counselling, yoga, meditation and exercise.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, counsellors and trained support staff will care for patients.
The facility is part of the ‘Drug-Free Navi Mumbai’ campaign, which combines enforcement, awareness and rehabilitation.
- Who
- The Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, medical staff and patients recovering from addiction; Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the centre.
- What
- A 10-bed de-addiction and rehabilitation centre providing medical, psychological and wellness support was opened.
- Where
- Navi Mumbai.
- When
- The centre was inaugurated on Saturday; the articles do not specify the date.
- Why
- To treat addiction, support rehabilitation and reintegration into society, and advance the ‘Drug-Free Navi Mumbai’ campaign.
Key facts
- Capacity
- 10 beds
- Established by
- Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate and Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
- Inaugurated by
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
- Treatment offered
- Medical evaluation, medication, psychotherapy and counselling
- Wellness activities
- Yoga, meditation, exercise, carrom and chess
- Staffing
- Psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, nurses, ward boys, security personnel and a manager
- Campaign
- ‘Drug-Free Navi Mumbai’
Quotes
Milind Bharambe
Navi Mumbai police commissioner
“The new centre is expected to strengthen the city’s rehabilitation infrastructure by bringing together the police, municipal authorities, medical professionals, social organisations and citizens in efforts to make Navi Mumbai drug-free.”
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