INDIA: GOVERNMENT ORDERS CLOSURE OF PRIVATE ASYLUMS AFTER FIRE KILLS 27 INMATES IN MADRAS INSTITUTION.
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INDIA: GOVERNMENT ORDERS CLOSURE OF PRIVATE ASYLUMS AFTER FIRE KILLS 27 INMATES IN MADRAS INSTITUTION.
- Title: INDIA: GOVERNMENT ORDERS CLOSURE OF PRIVATE ASYLUMS AFTER FIRE KILLS 27 INMATES IN MADRAS INSTITUTION.
- Date: 8th August 2001
- Summary: MADRAS, TAMIL NADU (AUGUST 7, 2001)(ANI-ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/PAN: VARIOUS OF CHARRED BODIES AT THE MENTAL ASYLUM (2 SHOTS) 0.39 2. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Tamil) ANWAR RAJA, TAMIL NADU MINISTER FOR LABOUR, SAYING: "These mental asylums are run with a profit motive and on commercial basis. They charge Rupees 1,000 to 3,000 ($21:22 to $63:67) per patient per month. Since they are being run on a commercial basis, even the patients who are cured are not relieved because it will cut into their profits. So the government has decided to close down all the 15 private asylums in Ramnad (Ramanathapuram) district with immediate effect. The district administration has passed suitable orders to this effect. The district administrative office has already sent messages to the relatives of the inmates of the private asylums. All these private mental asylums in Ramnad (Ramanathapuram) district will be closed down with immediate effect." 1.45 3. GV: VARIOUS OF MASS BURIAL FOR THE VICTIMS (4 SHOTS) 2.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MADRAS, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
- Country: India
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