{"id":13,"date":"2017-09-25T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-05-24T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T06:40:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/si\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0d85\u0db4 \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3\u0dc0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13\" class=\"elementor elementor-13 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f90y86h elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f90y86h\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-wt1dn4y\" data-id=\"wt1dn4y\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-koo64mc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"koo64mc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/About-Us-1024x568.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"About NIMH, Sri Lanka\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/About-Us-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/About-Us-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/About-Us-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/About-Us-672x372.jpg 672w, https:\/\/nimh.health.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/About-Us.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-tewbmo9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"tewbmo9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-iv1vuiq\" data-id=\"iv1vuiq\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ntz6kdl elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ntz6kdl\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) was established in 1927 and it is one of the oldest hospitals in South Asia.\u00a0 At present, it is the largest tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka caring for patients with mental illness. The former Mental Hospital was upgraded to a National Institute in 2008. The Half Way Home, Mulleriyawa (HWH) and the School of Nursing, Mulleriyawa are also under the administration of NIMH since 2008.<\/p><p>The NIMH has a total of around 1500 beds and annually around 8000 patients are admitted seeking treatment for all types of mental illness. NIMH provides acute care, Intermediate Care and long term care as well as specialized services. There are about 900 inward patients treated at NIMH on any given day.<\/p><p>The NIMH is the main training centre in Sri Lanka for undergraduate and post-graduate trainees in Psychiatry from Medical and allied fields, for basic and in-service training for health staff as well. All postgraduate trainees in MD psychiatry undergo a compulsory training for a minimum period of 6 months at the NIMH.<\/p><p>The NIMH has around 1,200 full-time staff. The top administration of NIMH comprises of a Director and a Deputy Director who oversee affairs via the Planning &amp;Development Unit, Administration Department &amp; Finance Department. As at 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 2016, NIMH had nearly 65 doctors including 9 Consultant Psychiatrists, a Consultant Physician, a Consultant Microbiologist, a Consultant Hematologist, 57 Grade Medical Officers and 3 Dental Surgeons. There were also 4 Special Grade Nursing Officers, 7 Ward Sisters, 427 other grade Nursing Officers, 15 Psychiatric Social Workers, and 9 Occupational Therapists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1srqw4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1srqw4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ooc1b1\" data-id=\"8ooc1b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-luwwevp elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"luwwevp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\tIs there any error in the information? 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