---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nirmala Srinivasan <[email protected]> Date: 7 December 2011 08:15 Subject: Delays in RPDA / NTA and its impact on PwMI To: Vaishnavi Jayakumar <[email protected]> Cc: Vivek Kumar Singh <[email protected]>, Milesh Hamlai <[email protected]>, Amrit Kumar Bakhshy <[email protected]>, Akila Charagi < [email protected]>, bagirathi ma ramanathan < [email protected]>, Sheila Jayaprakash < [email protected]>, rajive raturi <[email protected]>, [email protected]
*Dear Vaishnavi* *ensure wide circulation for the following. I request you to circulate it to IPS, ISCP etc. It is almost in the nature of an emergent crisis. * *regards* *nirmala * *Dear friends from the MI groups'* *Through this mail, I am sharing my concerns about the delays in finalisation of RPDA and NTA and its impact on the PwMI as far as Support care, Limited guardianship arrangements go. I*f NTA excludes PwMI , what should we do for supported care arrangements? Who will take the responsibility? MoHealth or MoSJE? Where do we go? *Unlike the NTA parents and NGOs , the MI lobby is a highly fragmented group. Hence my fear that we may be lost and we may keep going back to MHC Act for lack of an alternative. Is that possible?* *Or should the MoHFW do comprehensive justice to PwMI by extending the MHC Bill to facilitate Support Care , Self Care and Limited Guardianship arrangements. This is but logically required for two reasons as follows. * 1. *There is no guarantee that NTA will include MI. * 2. *While I appreciate MHC Bill is a Health and Health Rights Bill, in the case of MI, Health cannot be separated from other social ramifications; in other words, health care cannot be delinked from total care and / or support. * *We cannot cite CRPD as a constraint to include non- Health issues in MHC bill because we have other countries as precedents on this. So long as we stick to the basic principles of CRPD justice, no one can stop us - from either India or outside. Based on the above , I request the Health Ministry to initiate a dialogue on this specific aspect so that the MHC draft can be worked upon under the expertise of Dr. Pathare and Dr. Sagade. The MoHFW cannot let down PwMI. * *In the meanwhile, I request each one of you to elicit from NT Chairperson and from MoSJE regarding the status of RPDA and NTA. Any developments in thsi have dire consequences for PwMI. The consequences can impact their mental health status and related issues in their lives. Please act immediately. * ** *regards* *nirmala * -- nirmala srinivasan(ashoka fellow) director, ACMI bangalore -india +91 9886031659 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
