A couple of months ago, members of the Mano Bandhu Foundation had found a middle-aged woman wandering aimlessly on the beach in the city. She was dressed shabbily, and her speech was incoherent. She looked mentally disturbed, and was not able to identify herself, or from which place she had came.
On checking her bag, they had identified her as an advocate in the Supreme Court. The volunteers then took her to a shelter home, and after treating her, she was reunited with her family.
“Such cases are on the rise. There is nothing much the government is doing for such people, especially for the mentally ill destitute,” said Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey.
