Giving a fillip to its de-addiction facilities in Ernakulam, the Excise department, under its Vimukthi campaign, is gearing up to set up a de-addiction centre exclusively for women and children at the Thripunithura taluk hospital shortly.
Once operational, the new facility will take the number of the department’s de-addiction centres in the district to three. Ernakulam will be the only district with three de-addiction centres in the State.
“The Public Works department is constructing a ward assigned for de-addiction centre in the new block of the taluk hospital. It is likely to turn operational later this year. There is a huge demand for de-addiction facilities in Ernakulam considering the large number of cases registered here, the volume of drugs being seized, and the high number of bars,” said Bibin George, district coordinator, Vimukthi Mission.
